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The Global Warming Education Act ** The purpose of this bill is to educate all people in the U.S. on human induced global warming. It will educate people on how to reduce green house gas emissons. This means it will teach people how to lower their own personal carbon footprint. Also, it will provide climate science in the curriculum in schools for grades K-12. This means it is teaching students in school about global warming and its affects on the earth. This bill is trying to reach out to all different diversities and cultures in the U.S. so that all kinds of people will be aware of the affects of global warming.
 * House Bill #1728  **

The sponsor of the bill is Michael Honda. He is a democrat.

**This bill affects: ** This bill will effect a lot of people because its trying to reach all the different kinds of people in the U.S. It will mostly affect students because it is trying to get Climate Science as part of the curriculum of schools. It will educate the people who will be affected most by climate change in the future and who will make the biggest difference later on. It will affect animals too because if the bill works and our country pollutes less than the animal's habitats will be cleaner and species will grow and prosper. The oceans will be cleaner along with the air.



  This graph is showing how only four countries in the world provide almost half of global CO2 emissions. The U.S. providies the most emissions than anywhere else in the whole world. It is saying how badly the U.S. pollutes compared to any other country.

Global warming is an increase of the earth's temperature causing changes in climate and that results from the greenhouse affect. The green house affect is when humans put CO2 emmisions in the air, like buring coal and exhaust from cars. These emmisions are being making a blanket around the earth. When the sun's rays go down and hit the earth are supposed to bounce backand go into space, but they are being trapped by this blanket and heating the earth. Global warming is melting glaciers and polar ice caps and raising sea levels. These unusually high temperatures are causing animals and insects to migrate early or come out earlier from hybernating and it is messing up the eco-systems. Polar bears are dying because they have nowhere to live. As the glaciers melt the sea levels are rising and will eventually flood low land areas.
 * History of issue**

 This is a simple version of the green house affect. It showing how the blanket of CO2 traps heat keeping the earth warm.

This graph is showing the increase of Global Temperature as the amount to Carbon Dioxide rises as well.


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Bibliography **

"green house affect." __Climate Change Kids__. 3 Dec. 2008 .

"Climate Change." __EPA__. 2 Dec. 2008. 4 Dec. 2008 .

"Four Countries are responisble for more than half of world's CO2 emmissions". 6 Dec. 2008 .

**Picture Bibliography:** 

"Michael Honda." __NCVA__. 3 Dec. 2008 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpeepz/12072732 MikeHonda.jpg>.

"Green House Affect." __Global Warming__. 5 Dec. 2008 < http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/state_energy_program/update/images/ 06-07_greenhouse_effect.jpg>.

"Four Countries are responisble for more than half of world's CO2 emmissions". 6 Dec. 2008 .



Victoria Hohlstein and Ella Simmons