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Short Assignment: Bad News and Good News
Q1. Choose 2 articles from the Bad Signs. The two articles must come from different categories (i.e. you can’t choose both articles from “Fossil Fuels”).
Many people, upon reading these two articles, would see them as unrelated issues. Based on what you’ve learned from the class, what connections do you see between these articles that others might miss? What underlying principles help explain both issues?
Q2. Choose 1 article from the Good Signs.
In this article, what method is being used to address sustainability issues?
Notes:
* Make sure it is clear to us which articles you are discussing.
* You can refer to other online sources if you wish, but be sure not to plagiarize.
* This is the only essay question for this week, so make sure your response is thoughtful.
* We’ve tried to select articles that are freely available online. However, if you do have trouble accessing a particular article, try using the UCI VPNLinks to an external site. (set to UCIFull for access to library resources)
The Bad News:
Fossil Fuels
Coal country digs in as US Supreme Court weighs EPA climate power
(Links to an external site.)
(ABC News)
Texas Plans to Punish Companies That Move Away From Fossil Fuels
(Links to an external site.)
(Gizmodo)
Exxon signals record quarterly profit from oil and gas prices
(Links to an external site.)
(Reuters)
World’s top banks pumped $742 billion into fossil fuels in 2021
(Links to an external site.)
(Reuters)
Big oil distracts from their carbon footprint by tricking you to focus on yours
(Links to an external site.)
(UC Davis)
Biodiversity/Extinctions
The world’s insect population is in decline — and that’s bad news for humans
(Links to an external site.)
(NPR)
Earth’s coral reefs will be gone in 30 years without intervention: experts
(Links to an external site.)
(CTV News)
Ocean life projected to die off in mass extinction if emissions remain high
(Links to an external site.)
(NBC News)
Emperor penguin at serious risk of extinction due to climate change
(Links to an external site.)
(Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Disasters:
India’s record-setting heat wave in pictures
(Links to an external site.)
(CNBC)
India and Pakistan heatwave is ‘testing the limits of human survivability,’ expert says
(Links to an external site.)
(CNN)
India bans wheat exports to try and tame prices as a scorching heatwave curtailed output
(Links to an external site.)
(CNBC)
“Unprecedented”: New maps show nearly all of the West is in drought
(Links to an external site.)
(MSN)
Historic high winds expected to fan New Mexico wildfires
(Links to an external site.)
(PBS)
‘Extremely active’ jumping worms that can leap a foot raise alarm in California
(Links to an external site.)
(The Guardian)
Climate change could spark the next pandemic, new study finds
(Links to an external site.)
(Sciencedaily)
Pollution/Trash
Davos 2020: People still want plastic bottles, says Coca-Cola
(Links to an external site.)
(BBC)
Plastic bags have lobbyists. They’re winning
(Links to an external site.)
(Politico)
U.S. Plastic Recycling Rates are Even Worse than we Thought
(Links to an external site.)
(Time)
Recycling plastic is a total bust, industry critics say
(Links to an external site.)
(CBS News)
Land/Water Changes
California is in a water crisis, yet usage is way up. Officials are focused on the wrong problem, advocates say
(Links to an external site.)
(CNN)
UN report: People have wrecked 40% of all the land on Earth
(Links to an external site.)
(Grist)
After Visiting Both Ends of the Earth, I Realized How Much Trouble We’re In
(Links to an external site.)
(Time)
The Good News:
How South Korea Is Composting Its Way to Sustainability
(Links to an external site.)
(New Yorker)
California’s Progress at Moving to Renewable Energy
(Links to an external site.)
(California Energy Commission)
EU decision to restrict bee-harming pesticide causes tension with US
(Links to an external site.)
(euractiv.com) (the restriction of harmful pesticides, not the tension)
A record 10% of the world’s power was generated by wind, solar methods in 2021
(Links to an external site.)
(USA Today)
A Quiet Revolution: Southwest Cities Learn to Thrive Amid Drought
(Links to an external site.)
(Yale e360)
Fast fashion: European Union reveals fast fashion crackdown
(Links to an external site.)
(BBC News)
Momentum Towards a Global Plastics Treaty
(Links to an external site.)
(Center for International Environmental Law)
Space agencies provide global view of our changing environment
(Links to an external site.)
(Phys.org)
From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button
(Links to an external site.)
(Sciencedaily)
Draughty window or door? Now it can be seen from space
(Links to an external site.)
(The Guardian)
