All through out the article, the writer includes ethos, pathos, and logos. For example, he builds up credibility for ethos by using the "name dropping" technique. He includes some important people that relate to the government, as well as climate-change agencies. Because the article is about Donald Trump, he also refers to back to Barack Obama and his Clean Power Plan (CPP). As well as former U.S presidents after Richard Nixon and their ignorance towards "energy-independence." After dropping these well known names, he includes information from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Aside from the writer's build up of ethos, he also includes a good amount of pathos. In reference to former president, Barack Obama, the writer states "He swam in shark-infested political waters for eight years, yet he helped empower the renewable energy sector and move forward a sensibility among people, businesses, and corporations that climate change is real, serious, and already having deadly impacts."(Montgomery). By including this sentence, he portrays feelings to the audience in regards to the dangerous outcomes of climate change that Donald Trump, as well as other republicans, have blatantly ignored. He also includes a sentence that words, "The CCP was developed within the embrace of the Clean Air Act—a hugely important law that has saved many lives since being signed in 1970—giving the EPA authority to regulate forms of airborne material deemed harmful to the public." ( Montgomery). From this sentence, we can see that he included pathos as well by referring to how many lives have been saved from the CAA. Also, the sentence includes logo's because he includes the years that the law has been in placed. Other than this, the writer includes more effective examples of logo's through out the article.
Towards the end of the article, Montgomery, includes logos to build up his opposing viewpoint to Trump's actions in office. He includes important dates, (the one referred to in the above paragraph), numbers of co2 admissions, number of states involved, and the supreme court rulings. For example, the writer states in regards to the CAA that, "Simply put, the plan consists of new standards for lowering carbon emissions from power plants, which produce close to 40% of all carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. The overall goal was to reduce emissions 32% below 2005 levels by the year 2030." (Montgomery). He uses this information to build his credibility and show the audience the influence of the CAA, as well as the positive effects of it.
Through out the article, Montgomery seems to use the three qualities of the rhetorical appeal almost equally. The effect of this is positive because he uses all of them well enough to build his credibility and persuade the audience. Overall, I would say his choice of ethos, pathos, and logos, were effective on his audience. His tone/mood of the article also had an effect. Because the writer's tone was alarming, concerning, and agitated, he was able create a stronger appeal to the reader. Through his tone/mood, he can present the audience with the true feelings regarding his topic/point. Overall, the writer was able to reach his purpose to convince the audience that Donald Trump does not care about our environment as much as he cares about his power above it.
http://fortune.com/2017/03/28/donald-trump-clean-power-plan-climate-change-executive-order-epa-environment/
Montgomery, Scott L. "Trump’s Executive Order on Climate Change Is All About Power." Fortune. N.p., 28 Mar. 2017. Web. 2 Apr. 2017.
I agree with this article because many quality of the rhetorical appeal almost equally and same. The main effect is positive because he uses all of them good develop something new credibility a person.
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