For a major part of your grade, you are going to research and complete an environmental issues paper. This will help you build the skills necessary to develop an informed opinion and present that opinion in written form. This project will serve as a final assessment for the course. Using the content of the course, critically evaluate and analyze a controversial environmental issue of your […]

Do you believe that the United States should commit to the Paris Agreement? What arguments most influenced your decision?   Do you believe that we will experience significant global warming during this century due to air pollution? In what way would the Paris Agreement impact your position on global warming?   What is the effect of global warming on the Earth’s water resources?   Your paper should be […]

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 Conduct a case study on a location of your choice and identify sources of air or water pollution. Discuss any environmental laws the pollutants or polluters are violating. You will have the option to discuss a relevant factor in your location, such as environmental injustice, epigenetics, or sustainable development. This will be due at the end of Unit 7. Instructions: • Research, find, and describe […]

Workers need to enter a below-ground, concrete-lined vault to repair a leaking valve that controls the flow of wastewater from several buildings at your plant. The opening for the pit is outdoors and secured with a 36-inch diameter manhole cover. The pit is 12 feet deep, and the walls are 6 feet x 6 feet wide. The valve is at the bottom of the vault. […]

 Instructions: The standards in Subpart S are consistently in the top 10 in OSHA’s most frequently cited standards lists and highest penalties assessed lists. The standards in Subpart S are complex and often misunderstood—even by professional electricians. Use the attached checklist VI Electrical safety inspection  to conduct an electrical safety inspection of your workplace. Add the citation for the OSHA standard for each question. In […]

The Environmental Events Log is where students will write a brief description about an environmental event that they learned about. An environmental event can be a weather event, release of new research findings, environmental monitoring or measurement results, or other type of activity specifically related to course content and that occurred since January 1, 2015. The description will be a short paragraph, about 5-7 sentences […]

The Environmental Events Log is where students will write a brief description about an environmental event that they learned about. An environmental event can be a weather event, release of new research findings, environmental monitoring or measurement results, or other type of activity specifically related to course content and that occurred since January 1, 2015. The description will be a short paragraph, about 5-7 sentences […]

Each student will write one blog entry/news article (around 300-500 words) for our Environmental Science News blog (not a real blog). The blog entry should provide a synopsis of a report from recent news (within 6 months) relating to current issues or frontiers in environmental science. The blogs will be posted to a discussion board. This will provide a forum to connect the class to […]

You will present your research as a PowerPoint presentation in the Week 8 Conference area to share your research with your classmates. The presentation summarizes your applied project and reflects the key observations and recommendations from the Project Report. The presentation will be delivered as an MS PowerPoint presentation of 10-20 slides that include supporting graphics, such as photographs, tables, graphs, etc. Design your presentation […]