Environmental Science

To reduce the negative environmental impacts of an ever-growing human population, and increasing demands for energy as technological advances continue, individual countries, states, cities and even households could shift their energy sources to those that are renewable. However, not all locations are equally amenable to any form of renewable energy. For this Assignment you will assess your own location, existing energy use, and the advantages and disadvantages of different energy sources. Be sure to explore the following resources to begin your research in order to support your ideas with accurate facts. While the provided resources focus on the United States, you are welcome to explore the energy situation within your own state of residence, one that you would like to live in or have visited in the past, or an international location. To focus your discussion, only use one region for your entire argument. Review the Unit 4 Assignment resources. For additional information on different energy sources review the Science Center Resource. Your Assignment should be a compare-contrast essay written using APA formatting. The Assignment should include a title page, introduction, and conclusion. The paper will require you to include details from research including the course materials and sources you locate on your own. Use APA format to cite your sources of information, both within parenthetical citations and also within a reference page at the end of the Assignment. Your paper should include all the following parts. Assess your own energy use. Think about how you rely on different types of energy throughout your day. Identify the energy source you use to do the following tasks and indicate if the energy source is renewable or nonrenewable. The main energy source you use to heat your home if applicable The main energy source used to cool your home if applicable The main energy source you use to run your household appliances (reminder: if you use electricity you will need to do some research to determine what energy source is used to generate your electricity) The main energy source you use for transportation Using the provided materials, determine, and discuss both the renewable source of energy that would be the most appropriate, and that would be the least appropriate for use in your chosen location. Explain how you arrived at your decisions, so it is clear why one is the most appropriate and why one is the least appropriate. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the energy sources you currently rely on as well as the two renewable energy sources you identified above. Include both the economic (costs/benefits) and ecological impacts of each. In your opinion, should the US pursue the use of more renewable energy sources going forward? Should any policies be put in place to encourage people to use more renewable energy sources? Support your position with reputable sources. Basic Writing Expectations: At least 1000 words not counting the title or reference pages Include a title page, double spaced, font size 10 or 12 Include a reference page and use a minimum of five sources Include a highly developed viewpoint/thesis, purpose, and exceptional content Demonstrate superior organization: use logic to present a unified argument Free of grammar and spelling errors No evidence of plagiarism Use the APA style for all citations No more than 10% of your assignment should be taken verbatim from any outside sources. For help with citations, refer to the APA Quick Reference. For additional writing help, visit the Writing Center and review the guidelines for research, citation and plagiarism. Be sure your essay analysis is clearly written, uses correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling, and that the writing is well ordered, logical, unified, as well as original and insightful.

-Write this paper in a word document. MLA style -The chosen topic for this essay is Clean Car -here are the three sources: https://www.startribune.com/walz-says-minnesota-will-adopt-higher-fuel-efficiency-standards-for-cars-and-trucks/561349092/?refresh=true https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/02/20/rural-lawmakers-push-back-against-clean-cars-proposal https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air/clean-cars-mn

How has Donald Trump’s presidency shaped United States and global climate policy, as compared to Barack Obama’s presidency?

Explain how our current economic system creates, exacerbates, or reduces our vulnerabilities to your disruption scenario of Winter storms, causing power outages and road blockages.  Explain how our current economic system supports or creates barriers to an ideal disruption response.  Explain how the economics of the previous era discussed this week might create a different situation in the face of this disruption.   Explain how you might use mechanisms of our current economic system to plan for resilience.   This week’s report should be between 500-750 words, presented in APA formatting, and supported by evidence from a minimum of 4 credible sources. Use scholarly sources (i.e. journal articles, books published by university presses, etc.), government websites and reports, or publications from any of the organizations the American Association of Geographers: list of leading climate change organizations  (Links to an external site.) . You may not use popular sources, including news media, unless you can make a case for the information being otherwise unavailable (e.g., a highly local and well-respected newspaper).  In addition, you may also find that newspapers, documentaries, and television news coverage found on YouTube may give you a good illustration of your scenario to help you think it through, although these should not count as part of your four cited sources.

Legalizing Marijuana I.  Introduction 1.  Marijuana should be legalized throughout the whole country because the legalization would bring economic benefits. 2.  Such as creation of new jobs, tax revenue, and even freeing past marijuana offenders in jail. Not only does the legalization help economically, it will help many people medically for people who are in states where Marijuana is illegal medically, and recreationally. II.  Body A.  Tax Revenue 1.  The Benefits of tax revenue 2.  How to get tax revenue 3.  How tax revenue increased in legal states B.  Saving from criminal justice system 1.  More money for budgets 2.  Less crowded jails 3.  Helps find justice for many people C.  Medical reasons 1.  Helps people with diseases 2.  How to use it 3.  More awareness ok good topic.  Make the topic thesis just a bit more focused when writing the final.  Something like: Topic: Benefits of legalized Marijuana throughout the whole country The rest of the write up can be used to support the topic thesis. – professor noted  You don’t have any peer-reviewed reference. A good scientific research paper includes mostly (and in sequential order) 1. journals, 2. conference proceedings, 3. books, 4. dissertations/thesis, and 5. website Please resubmit this assignment and add more peer reviewed references.

Clean Air and Water Policies Clean, abundant, unpolluted air and water resources are vital to the survival of life on our planet. Living things cannot survive for long without clean water and air and the efforts in the United States to protect these resources from harmful pollutants and over-exploitation have been extensive and are evolving. An investigation into the major policy tools used to protect our air or water in the U.S. will reveal if the various policy approaches have been effective and how they could be improved. Select either the Clean Air Act or the Clean Water Act to research and write about. Do not write about both. Write a paper that describes the major provisions of and amendments to the act. The paper should also evaluate the overall effectiveness of the act in protecting our air or water resources. In addition, your paper should describe one social, one ethical, and one political problem associated with the act and then evaluate the effectiveness of the act in addressing the problems. Finally, the paper should include one recommended change to the act that would make it more effective. The paper should be organized into the following sections: Introduction and thesis. Examination of either the Clean Air Act or the Clean Water Act: Describe the major provisions of and amendments to the act. Evaluate the overall effectiveness of the act in protecting our air or water resources. Describe one social, one ethical, and one political problem associated with the act. Evaluate whether the act has effectively addressed the social, ethical, and political problems described above. Recommend one change that would make the act more effective. Conclusion The paper must be four to five pages in length (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. You must use at least four credible sources (at least two of which must be found in the Ashford University Library) other than the textbook to support your claims. Cite your sources in-text  (Links to an external site.)  and on the reference page. For additional information regarding APA samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center, located within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar, in your online course.

Write a Research Paper on the Topic I have chosen: Using Uber and Lyft may not have been as green as you think/the environmental effect of the existence of uber/lyft.

Develop an Advocacy Plan – research your federal, state and local policy makers and their policies on climate change. Propose your plan to influence your community leaders and/or your local community. Topic: Changing Culture: Global Fashion Industry, waste, exploitative overseas labor practices and the environment

Marine and Freshwater Resources: Of the different problems that we addressed facing marine and freshwater systems, which do you think is the biggest problem associated with freshwater?  Why?  Which do you think is the biggest problem associated with the marine (ocean) environment?  Why?  What can and should we be doing about these problems? textbook: Cunningham, W.P., & Cunningham M.A. (2020) Environmental Science: a global concern (15th ed.)New York, NY: McGraw Hill Education.

Explain how our current political system creates, exacerbates, or reduces our vulnerabilities to your disruption scenario (scenario chosen is Russia oil spill affecting Arctic Ocean) Explain how our current political system supports or creates barriers to an ideal disruption response.  Explain how some element of the political system in one of the ecovillages we studied might be used to improve resilience in the community you are using for your resilience plan.   Explain how you might use mechanisms of our current political system to plan for resilience.   This week’s report should be between 500-750 words, presented in APA formatting, and supported by evidence from a minimum of 4 credible sources. Use scholarly sources (i.e. journal articles, books published by university presses, etc.), government websites and reports, or publications from any of the organizations the American Association of Geographers: list of leading climate change organizations  (Links to an external site.) . You may not use popular sources, including news media, unless you can make a case for the information being otherwise unavailable (e.g., a highly local and well-respected newspaper).  In addition, you may also find that newspapers, documentaries, and television news coverage found on YouTube may give you a good illustration of your scenario to help you think it through, although these should not count as part of your four cited sources.