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Environment in America: Over the last several decades global warming has become a serious problem worldwide. When many countries banded together to reduce their emissions the US declined. However, it is not just the government that is not doing enough to deal with global warming, it is the individuals in America. Every day, we have the liberty to ride our suv's and not recycle and neglect to even think about the consequences. Many people say that global warming is not real simply because they wish to not have to deal with the consequences, but in the end whether they believe it or not our environmentally destructive actions will have consequences.

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I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend? ~Robert Redford, Yosemite National Park dedication, 1985

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There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all. ~Robert Orben

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Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us. ~Henrik Tikkanen

media type="youtube" key="_R-FZsysQNw" height="405" width="500" This commercial was made in the 1970's and our pollution rate has grown exponentially since the 1970's. Americans are not concerned enough about the consequences of global warming and chances are when we look back at this commercial in 100 years we will probably say we wish we had listened to the crying indian.

“They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money…and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” Fitzgerald, F. Scott. __The Great Gatsby__. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.

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