Historical Background:

Climate Change is undeniable yet there are many ways that the could US government respond to the crisis. There are two PBAT questions here that connect to climate change/global warming.

1: Is the United States government doing enough to counter climate change? (You can research how Donald Trump administration's has responded to the climate crisis. The future administration of Biden/Harris can be researched as 2021 begins.)

Or

2: Is the climate crisis experience the same for all people? (The social inequalities shown during this time of climate crisis can be researched. This can also be called Environmental Justice.)

Map from National Geographic, 2020

Counter-argument for either PBAT choice

Climate Change Deniers

• https://opr.ca.gov/facts/the-deniers.html

• https://www.sciencealert.com/the-five-corrupt-pillars-of-climate-change-denialhttps://www.sciencealert.com/the-five-corrupt-pillars-of-climate-change-denial

Trump administration in their own words

• https://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/energy-environment/

• https://www.climatepower2020.org/resources/trumps-environmental-racism/

Is it too late?

• https://www.livescience.com/12-years-to-stop-climate-change.html

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and it's lack of response

• https://publicintegrity.org/environment/environmental-racism-persists-and-the-epa-is-one-reason-why/

Activism to convince government leaders

Fridays for Climate (Greta Thunberg - activist)

• https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-09-13/teenage-activist-greta-thunberg-takes-protest-climate-change-denier-trump

Protest marches

• March for Science https://newsela.com/read/march-for-science/id/29796/

Extinction Rebellion (A group that uses militant tactics)

• https://rebellion.earth/

• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/nyregion/extinction-rebellion-nyc-protest.html

• https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/23/rebel-with-a-cause-the-regional-firefighter-who-joined-extinction-rebellion

• https://rebellion.earth/the-truth/demands/

Sunrise Movement

• https://www.sunrisemovement.org/

• https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/9/10/20847401/sunrise-movement-climate-change-activist-millennials-global-warming

• https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/06/16/sunrise-movement-boot-camp-227109

• https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-optimistic-activists-for-a-green-new-deal-inside-the-youth-led-singing-sunrise-movement

Fire Drill Fridays:

• https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/10/entertainment/joaquin-phoenix-martin-sheen-arrest-trnd/index.html

Non-fiction videos available for evidence

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30xLg2HHg8Q

• https://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_jackson_and_liz_ogbu_apple_s_promise_to_be_carbon_neutral_by_2030#t-218550

• https://frontandcentered.org/our-story-climate-justice-and-environmental-justice-video/

• https://www.ted.com/talks/majora_carter_greening_the_ghetto