First Issue: The impact that cars and factories have on our

air and how can we reduce it?

According to the EPA, Automobiles cause approximately 75% of Carbon Monoxide pollution in the
US. The website Earth on the Edge shows that approximately 19.64 pounds of CO2 is produced by
burning a gallon of gasoline. Although electric cars doesnt burn any gas. Factories are also a main
factor in the pollution of the air, factories pollute the air through fossil fuels emissions. In those
emissions produced by factories there are many toxic particles that are bad for our health.
According to the website MIT NEWS, 200 000 people die each year in US because of air pollution
and approximately 6.5 million in the world every year, air pollution can provoke many sicknesses
that can cause early death for some people. Those dramatic statistics shows that we have to solve
this problem in order to avoid the global warming and have a healthy life. According to the website
Nanalyze, there are approximately 250 million cars and trucks on road, in those 250 million only
500 000 are electric cars which is very low. Electric cars dont produce carbons emissions which is
very good for our environment and it is going to completely reduce the pollution if a big part of the
population replace their car by an electric car. According to the website Energy.gov, many policies
were created by the government to encourage people to buy electric cars, the government created
The federal Internal Revenue Service (IRS) offers a tax credit between 2500 and 7500 $ for all the
people who buy an electric vehicle in the US. Carpooling is also a good idea to reduce air pollution
because Carpooling cuts down on the number of cars which means that there will be less carbon
emissions.
Second issue: The negative impact of deforestation on the
environment but also on us.
According to the food and agriculture organization (FAO), 18 million acres of forest are deforested every
year which is the equivalent of the country of Panama. Some other statics have been release by the
FAO, about half of the worlds tropical forests have been cleared. According to the website The world
counts, by the year 2030, we might only have 10% of forest left, this statistics are very dramatic and it
shows that we have to figure out solutions to solve this problem. A world without forests would first
cause Global warming but it can also cause the loss of many species habitat and then their extinction.
Trees are also a main producer of oxygen that we need to live but they also absorb and store Carbon
dioxide. According to Rain Forest Action which is an organization that is protecting wildlife, over 3.5
Billion trees are cut down each year, this number is very high. According to National Geographic Forests
cover almost 30% of our planet, the main driver of deforestation is agriculture, farmers cut more forests
to provide more room for their lands. Agriculture is one of the main cause of deforestation, but a lot of
people are debating about this topic that became nowadays a real issue. Some people are saying that
we need more lands because our population is growing while at the same time another group of
persons are saying that if farmers continue and farmers still cut forest their lands, a lot of animal are
going to disappear which can lead to a the extinction of some species. According to the website mother
nature network, we should add some new habits in our daily life in order to avoid the extinction of
trees, the first main action would be to plant trees in our garden or in a farm if somebody is a farms
owner, the second action would be to go paperless, the third action would be to recycle and buy recycle
products and finally the fourth and last action would be to stop buying some type of woods, if a big part
of the population is doing those actions then we are going to be able to reduce and maybe stop
deforestation. Australia created a law which is the Australian Illegal Logging Prohibition Act. , in 2014, to
ban some kinds of woods that are considered as illegal. The government are the main actor who would
be able to reduce and stop deforestation because by creating some laws and rewards for people who
contribute to stop deforestation it is going to encourage people to be part of those movements and
then make those organizations stronger and more powerful those phenomena that can lead to a global
warming.
Third Issue: Companies using animal skins to produce
clothes, its impact on the environment and on the nature.
Approximately 35 animals are killed to make a single coat, most of those animals are foxes or
rabbits. According to the website Animalequality, around 30 million animals are killed each year to
produce clothes. Those statistics are very high and shocking, If governments leaders and
organizations doesnt figure out a solution, those statistics might increase and lead to the extinction
of some species. The Philippine crocodile is the world's most severely threatened crocodile species
with less than 100 adults remaining in the world. Those species of crocodile would disappear in 10
years if nothing is done to solve this issue. Those kind of crocodiles are used to make handbags.
According to the PETA organization, most exotic animals like snakes or crocodiles that are used for
bags or other type of clothes are skins alive, which is even more dramatic. According to the PETA
organization, 85 % of the fur industrys skins is coming from animals who were captive in cages for a
long time then skinned alive. According to the same organization, China is the world largest fur
exporter supplying half of the skins that are exported to US, there are no penalties for people who
abuse animals in China. In US, a lot of animals are hunted by using the steel jaw trap which is legal in
43 states, those traps cause pain to animals and it also leave them starving for a while. CITES was
created is 1960, CITES (Conventional on International Trade in Endangered species of wild Fauna and
Flora) is a treaty that is protecting endangered species like Wild cats, tigers, jaguar, leopard. The
import of skins coming from those endangered species is completely forbidden. This treaty isnt very
effective because a lot of those skins are still imported and exported all over the world. According to
the organization PETA, Vietnam exports over 30 000 crocodiles skins every year. Those skins are
sold to some brands that use it to produce luxury handbags. Although the idea of the treaty is equal,
it needs better international enforcement through better inspection of imported furs and better
effort to seize illegal skins.

https://youtu.be/HJHdW5eoLlA Link to watch a video to show how animals are skinned.