Assignment:
Many environmental issues will be examined in detail. The Final Report is a project that will give you an opportunity to focus on an area of interest to you. You will research and write an essay on an environmental issue position. The research essay will be written in stages with different assignments/tasks.
Identify one environmental issue that has affected you or someone you know. The issue you choose will be the topic for your Final Report.
Suggestions for Environmental Topics:
Choose one of the topics below for your final report.
Note, please make your position obvious, however, you should avoid personal pronouns in academic writing (i.e. I, me...)
• Oil drilling in the Arctic National Wife Refuge (ANWR) (for or against)
• The deforestation issue: Rainforests and ecological sustainability versus economic growth
• Renewable energy vs. nonrenewable energy
• Deforestation (for or against)
• Genetically modified food (for or against)
• Organic food (for or against)
• Overpopulation(for or against): Focus on environmental impacts!
• Wild fish versus farmed fish
• Controlled forest fires and how healthy they are for the environment and people
• Bottled water (for or against)
• Throw away life style (for or against)
• Hydraulic fracturing (for or against)
• Nuclear power (for or against)
• Animal factory farming: example: CAFOs (for or against)
• Recycling (for or against)
• Hybrid or Electrical Cars (for or against)
• Captive Populations: example: zoos, aquariums, etc. (for or against)
• Investing in "Glamorous Species" (for or against)
Write a complete introductory paragraph.
A minimum of three peer reviewed resources are required.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
Attachment:- Final Report Outline.rar