SOC 1003 Study Guide - Final Guide: Chai Jing, Naomi Klein, American Petroleum Institute
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An inconvenient truth: what climate change means for u. s. The mainstream media has portrayed the occurrence of climate change as a controversy, one where scientists have debated with various theories. The inaccuracy of that perception is im- minently dangerous for not just americans, but all global citizens, as united states is the top contributor to worldwide pollution and global warming. Environmental enthusiast and former presidential candidate al gore presents indisputable proof of the detrimental consequences of climate change through his compelling narrative in an inconvenient truth. Despite the rising sea levels and temperature that have been documented through scientific measures, efforts to fight against climate change has been met with resistance, negligence and manipulation of facts in the. Gore, the limitations for lawmakers to inflict systemic changes that address the growing severity of climate change stem from the enticement of profit, the sway of constituents and dishonest rep- resentation of scientific data.
