For EACH article, BLOG a SINGLE observation and a SINGLE question to share/ask of each of our student journalists. Use a SINGLE post at the thread below.
READ/BLOG for Tuesday, April 1: ENERGY
Shawna: "The Not-So-Green Mountains" and Green Mountain Power rebuttal.
August: Biomass.
Ally: New York Energy
Abby: Cape Wind
James: Fracking
READ/BLOG for Tuesday, April 8: AGRICULTURE/ORCAS
Morgan: "One Man's Pollution Plan for Lake Champlain"
Lisa: CSA
Bobcat: British Columbia forestry
Ryder: Erosion Happens.
Sarah: Orcas and Captivity
READ/BLOG for Tuesday, April 15: CLIMATE CHANGE
Kelsey: Climate Refugees.
Rebecca: Sea Level Rise and Population Impact.
Marianna: End Of Snow
Caroline: Fukushima
Mike: Climate Change
Post the URL to your BEST news article here, #ENV colleagues. I'll take care of hyperlinking them above, once you do. #TheHeatIsOn, Dr. W
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ReplyDeleteAnd if people have time and want to, the rebuttal to my article is at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/opinion/is-wind-power-right-for-vermont.html
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/nov/03/global-warming-climate-refugees
ReplyDelete1.) http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/14/science/earth/grappling-with-sea-level-rise-sooner-not-later.html?_r=2
ReplyDelete2.) http://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/graphics/sea-level-rise-and-population-impact
http://www.ecori.org/climate-change/2014/1/14/erosion-happens-can-we-deal-with-it.html
ReplyDeletehttp://www.forbes.com/sites/heatherclancy/2013/09/03/saving-lake-george-can-sensors-and-big-data-protect-1-billion-in-tourism/
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ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/08/opinion/sunday/the-end-of-snow.html?_r=1
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http://www.oregonlive.com/forest-grove/index.ssf/2014/03/community_supported_agricultur.html
ReplyDeletehttp://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Cuomo-aims-at-2014-decision-on-gas-fracking-5114675.php
ReplyDeleteThis is a the broader picture that my issue is a more specific case study of. This is also probably a little outdated/pre-new media
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http://www.sustainabletable.org/982/agriculture-energy-climate-change
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ReplyDeleteJames:
ReplyDelete1. It is interesting to me that Gov. Cuomo is waiting til the upcoming political season to make a decision about fracking. It assumes that he will make a decision either for the sake of his constituents or in spite of them.
2. Groups like the Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association have filed papers to attain what kind of research proceedings are going on with Nirav Shah and the DOH study, but under what precedent?
Ally:
1. Upon reading the amount of equipment needed to make NY run energy-efficiently by 2030, it's no wonder co-author Howarth said "We must be ambitious." However, the fact that there is enough of this local power to support such a populous state is interesting. It's certainly ambitious to run all vehicles on battery-electric power or hydrogen fuel cells.
2. According to the first paragraph, "To date, no alternative to expanded gas drilling has been proposed." Why not? Waiting for the "political sphere" to make a decision is huge; are politicians capitalizing on environmental issues now as part of their campaigns in NY?
August:
1. It is refreshing to see a European, Christiane Egger, compliment something in the United States and declare that she was "impressed by the range of biomass and energy efficient projects." This is an important relationship built between two states but also something that could potentially enter an international stage.
2. The opening paragraph says "The leaders of the State of Vermont and the State of Upper Austria have signed an agreement to collaborate on the promotion of biomass heating." What leaders specifically were involved in this memorandum?
Shawna:
1. The arguments in favor of the wind turbines were more credible and persuasive than the original one against Lowell wind by Steve Wright. Scenic beauty is not a resource, as Jeffrey Rand argued.
2. If your sole reliance is on tourism, how do you ever expect to set precedents for energy efficiency without putting Vermont on an international grid? That is to say, no one ever thinks of Vermont and scoffs for fear of large wind turbines obstructing their views off the mountain tops. Instead, they think of the landscapes, and with or without the turbines, tourists may just appreciate the "people of Lowell [who] are to be commended for facing this, doing something and saying yes to energy in their backyards" (Smith).
CLIMATE CHANGE TOPICS:
ReplyDeleteRebecca on Sea Level Rise and Population Impact
1. I think that the graphic on the areas that are expected to see the effects of sea level rise on the East Coast first would be good to include in your own news story. It makes the issue easier for readers here in VT to relate to. I also was alarmed that from 1880-2009 best estimates suggest the global average in sea level rose a little over eight inches. #crazy
2. Do you plan on placing more of an emphasis on the East Coast than the Maldives?
Marianna on The End of Snow
1. I knew that climate change was making winter Olympic events difficult, but I had no idea to what magnitude. I think that an interesting quote in this article was when Daniel Scott talked about the limited regions left to hold the winter Olympics if global warming continues. I also think that a good point to highlight is how much money the winter sports industry brings in to the nation, I had no idea it was $66 billion annually.
2. Do you plan on highlighting how much VT’s ski season has changed economically? For instance how many of the ski mountains have had to add on to summer activities or diversify what they offer?
Caroline on Fukushima
1. I had no idea that TEPCO was planning to freeze the ground around the reactor. The end of the article sounded like something out of science fiction. Really crazy to think that years later ground water contamination likely is still occurring.
2. Are you planning on highlighting the similarity in the Fukushima reactor to VT Yankee? Or to the others of the same design that are still open in the United States? Link to interesting Boston Globe article that I read in my global enviro politics course--- http://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2013/09/21/nuclear-unplugged-the-problem-with-closing-vermont-yankee-plant/AlKvY7XcUExTUzxrapFAUK/story.html
Mike on Climate Change
1. The point in this article that really stuck out to me was when the author stated, “unlike industrial farms, small-scale organic and sustainable farms rely on people power, not heavy machinery, and depend on nature, not manmade chemicals for soil fertility and pest management”.
2. Do you think you will bring in anything on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations and the unsustainability of mass-producing meat?