Carpool Bill Aids Struggling Philippines, by Lauren Mei

December 15, 2020

Today in 2020, extreme weather events seem to been getting worse and worse. Hurricanes and tornadoes are striking with frightening regularity. Another storm, Typhoon Stephanie, has just struck in the Philippines, even worse than the one that slammed the poor nation in 2013. Officials are reporting the death toll at 5,491 people. The Red Cross is on the ground, taking donations from the U.S., China, and other nations and distributing food, clothes, and medicine to the victims. Temporary housing has been set up in hundreds of sites, as the typhoon here has caused many people to lose their homes. This typhoon was caused by global warming, so the best way to help the people of the Philippines is to lower our carbon footprints.

Global warming creates the following ingredients     that are present in all storms: Warm sea surface temperatures, high humidity, enough Coriolis force, low pressure center, and atmospheric instability.

   In order to eradicate these six characteristics,     people  are urged by U.S. President Tenesha Goodwin to bike or walk to places close by, reminding U.S. citizens of the heavy tax incentives available to citizens without cars. President Goodwin has also urged bipartisan support in Congress for the Carpool Bill, which promises nationwide ride-sharing systems during peak driving hours, run by federally-supported state governments.