HUMAN IMPACT ON THE LIVING ENVIROMENT OUR EARLY HUMAN ANCESTORS

As the animals continued to migrate to warmer climates so did the hunters. Over time some of the groups of early humans changed their life styles. They settled in an area and became farmers.Over time villiges developed around these farms.As the populations of these villiges increased so did the need for food and more housing.As the early native Americans removed trees from sections of the forest, the soil beneath those trees was exposed to the weather. Wind,rain and overuse of the topsoil caused the farms to become less productive.Deforestation of the rain forests and Desertification of grazing lands are serious issues now facing many countries. The rapid growth of the worldwide human population has placed a great demand on the use available land.This may upset the ecosystem processes that maintain a balance of nature.The major function of trees and other green plants in the ecosystem is to obsorb carbon dioxide from the air and recycle it into breathable oxygen.As the combustion of fossil fuels increases and the number of trees in the forest decreases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere becomes greater. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas.It allows the solar energy of the sun to pass through it,but it prevents the energy from reflecting back into space.This buildup of the sun's solar energy may be a cause of Global Warming,air pollution,water pollution and land pollution And have also had an impact on natural ecosystem processes. The United States Enviromental Protection Agency was established to protect the health of humans and to maintain the enviroment.The EPA monitors and enforces the rules and regarlations of the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act. -----------Adapted from N.Y.Daily News 5-24-07

RANGEL SEES A (W)ANGLE

BELIEVES PREZ WILL SAY WE WON &THEN QUIT WAR


President Bush will declare victory in Iraq and begin scaling back troop levels in the coming months because Republican lawmakers will repudiate him if he doesn't,Rep. Charles Rangel said yesterday."The President knows it's over" Rangel declared in an interview with the Daily News Editorial Board. "The Republicans know it's over". " I think the President's going to come up with some compromise, and he's not going to admit failure. He'll probably say we've won, but it's going to happen...and I don't know how many soldiers die while it's happening."Republicans are going to make it happen---no Americans are going to make it happen." he said. The political die was cast, Rangel said,when a delegation of GOP lawmakers visited the White House recently and put Bush on notice their support for the war is beginning to erode as the 2008 elections approach." The war is going to end ". he added. The President is in the 15th round . He's lost every round. The public is against him, and the Republicans are waiting for an opportunity to break politically."Despite Bush's reputation for hanging tough,Rangel said,the President understands that he cannot sustain an unpopular war with Republician defections."The Republicans want toget reelected,"he said. "I don't know if any of you know the burning desire to get reelected.It is as though the demons actually take over, and children and mothers are no longer important"Rangel who said he and Bush get along well personally despite profound policy differences, also said Bush has to be affected by the depth of public opinion against his policies."This man is down in the polls" Rangel said. " I mean, hey,we (all) got feelings. "When you become the joke of America ---you got kids, you got friends --it's got to hurt you." The powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee also predicted the immigration reform bill that passed the Senate will never make it through the House, where many Republican conservaties are vigorously apposed to the bill Bush has endorsed. "It ain't gonna happen." Rangel said. I don't see how it flies in the House." ----------Adapted from the New York Daily News 6-1-07

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