Our Muckracking Project Summary

Our creation for the Muckracking project was a documentary which highlighted causes of pollution, specifically causes of high CO2 emissions throughout the country. With research, we found that transportation, specifically cars, were a huge contribution towards CO2 emissions. However, they have never taken the lead over factories. 

Since 1850, there has been a constant rise in CO2 emissions in the United States. This is due to the fact that global industrialization became prominent during this time period with the Industrial Revolutions of the world. 

Now, factories are still in the lead. Cars are runner-up, but still contribute a huge amount to CO2 pollution. Our solution was to replace gas vehicles with electric cars, as emissions would lessen significantly.