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Tamera Taylor

Thesis:

Due to many restrictions and the strict budget of the E.P.A, it is nearly impossible to control air and pollution levels that have an impact on our health and agriculture. Renewable energy and other natural solutions should be put into effect to help build our environment and reduce the significant impact pollution has on our lives.



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-Person 1: Pollution is one of the biggest issues the world is facing today that is often overlooked and little is being done about it. Due to many restrictions and the strict budget of the Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A), it is nearly impossible to control air and pollution levels that have an impact on our health and agriculture. Renewable energy and other natural solutions should be put into effect to help build our environment and reduce the significant impact pollution has on our lives. Discussing environmental issues and solutions for these environmental issues is important because when people have knowledge about an issue they are more likely to do something about it.

* State the different types of pollution and how they effect Kentucky and worldwide.

* Show images of pollution that are on campus.

* Show images of pollution on a worldwide scale to get an emotional appeal from viewers.

* State the different types of renewable resources.

* Show how University of Kentucky’s campus uses renewable resources. This includes solar panels on various buildings. Go throughout the campus and take pictures of renewable energy.

* Mention if campus uses any nonrenewable resources and see how it can be changed to a renewable resource instead.

* And this is how a club on the University of Kentucky campus tries to prevent pollution while making people aware of Renewable resources.

-Person 2: When people think of pollution they think that the quality of air is just worsening when in reality, the quality of our health is worsening too. Pollution is a substance in the air or water that has a harmful or poisonous effect and humans are the main cause of it. According to the World Health Organization Website, air pollution is referred to as a “major environmental risk to health and by reducing air pollution levels, countries can reduce the burden of disease from stroke, heart disease, lung cancer, and both chronic and acute respiratory diseases, including asthma” and that “ambient (outdoor air pollution) in both cities and rural areas was estimated to cause 3 million premature deaths worldwide in 2012.”

-Person 1: Not only does pollution affect the air but water is also affected. Water pollution occurs when water is contaminated with chemicals and foreign substances that are harmful to humans, plants, and animals. There are different types of water pollution such as oil pollution, surface water pollution and groundwater pollution, and many more. “Forty percent of America’s rivers are too polluted for fishing, swimming, or aquatic life. The lakes are even worse -- over 46% are too polluted for fishing, swimming, or aquatic life,” and according to a website called water benefits health.com. “every year almost 25% of U.S. beaches are closed at least once because of water pollution.” It is also estimated that “every 20 seconds, a child dies from a water-related disease. Children in polluted environments often carry about 1,000 parasitic worms in their bodies at any time.”

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">-Person 2: Water pollution also affects the food that we eat. Water pollution has a wide variety of effects on plant life and on the environment in general. According to the E.P.A. “pollution in water not only harms plant growth but also allows plants to absorb dangerous chemicals from the water and pass them on to animals that rely on them for survival.” When polluted water runs into a farmer’s crops it can end up killing the crop, sicken or kill the wildlife eating the crop, or worse sicken and kill people who eat the crop. Air pollution can also harm plants; such as acid rain, when it falls it can damage the leaves on the plants.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">-Person 1: Some of you may asking, what can I do to help? Here are some tips you can do to reduce pollution according the E.P.A, you could “carpool, take public transportation, or walk whenever possible

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">and avoid excessive idling of your automobile. To avoid water pollution, do not throw fat from cooking oil down the sink, and avoid using the toilet as a wastebasket. You as a person can only do so much but larger companies can participate as well by using renewable energy. Renewable energy is all natural and it includes using sunlight, wind, and waves to produce energy.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">-Person 2: But getting everyone informed and on board is one of the first steps. We found a club here at U.K. that does just this. The Greenhouse and Sustainability Club have discussions about environmental problems, and work as connective tissue between students and local environmental opportunities. We conducted an interview with the President of the club to get more information.

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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">GreenThumb Club Interviews:

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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">Questions:

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* What are your general thoughts on the state of the global environment?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* How does the United States differ on a global outlook?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* What do you think the plan could be to change from fossil fuels like coal to something more sustainable?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* What can the government do to help the cause?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* What does the future of energy look like?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* What is the Greenthumb club doing to promote a healthy environment here on campus?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* What is the Greenthumb club doing to promote a healthy environment here in Lexington?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* What is the Greenthumb club doing to promote a healthy environment around here?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* What can University of Kentucky students do to make campus better?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* What can people in the world do to promote a healthy environment?

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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* Dependent upon the answers we receive from President Ryan Lark we may ask other questions that pertain to the overall topic.

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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">Questions:

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* What are your general thoughts on the state of the global environment?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* How does the United States differ on a global outlook?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* What do you think the plan could be to change from fossil fuels like coal to something more sustainable?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* How do you get lawmakers and business leaders to know that coal is finite?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* Should we make a solution to benefit the environment from not using fossil fuels to using something sustainable?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* What role should the government play in combatting global warming?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* What are some health side effects from poor environmental conditions?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* How do we deal with pollution from an industry?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* On a micro level what can be done to combat global warming?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* On a macro level what can be done to combat global warming?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* What is the future of energy?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">Answers:

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* Dependent upon the answers we receive from President Ryan Lark we may ask other questions that pertain to the overall topic.

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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">Try to acknowledge if President Ryan Lark and Dr. Bell could be used as persuasion to get viewers to be informed on environmental aspects and that there needs to be a change in order to preserve environments and to prevent any more from being destroyed.

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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* Show picture of EPA’s logo.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* Describe their mission statement.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* Give examples of how the EPA provides information on protecting the environment.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* Give examples of some of the ways the EPA have helped the environment over the years.

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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* Describe how pollution, minorities in agricultural, the EPA, renewable resources, and health factors relate to a broader topic.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* Minorities could accidently cause chemical spills in crops, this leads to soil pollution, which can run off into a water supply, causing health risks, which the EPA may have to help out with. Also, tie in how renewable resources could have a different outcome in some pollution cases.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* Inform viewers on what they can do on campus or worldwide.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* Discuss how together, a worldwide group of volunteers can come together and help make the environment a cleaner place with lower health risks, less pollution, better farming techniques, and can help the EPA solve many of the environmental problems they encounter.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* Show citations, which must show everyone’s citations correctly formatted by MLA style.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">* Credits must mention every group members name, Holly Foster, Haley Turner, Nicholas Hope, Tamera Taylor, and Zack Newcomb. Also President Ryan Lark of the Greenthumb club on University of Kentucky’s campus and Dr. Bell included. Must give credit to the bands or singers of the songs added into the documentary as well as the names of the photographers that allowed us to use visuals.

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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">SOUNDS AND VISUALS

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">Haley Turner Stevens WRD 111 Sound/Visuals

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">Throughout the documentary, we plan to use numerous visuals via google images and phone cameras, as well as a variety of music appropriate or that can correlate to the topic. For visuals, we plan on taking photos around campus of the beautiful trees, shrubs, and flowers. We will then elaborate on the environmental hazards will eventually ruin the scenery that the trees, shrubs, and flowers provide for us. Using disturbing or emotion provoking images of the environment or futuristic images of what the world could possibly look like in there is no end to the man – made environmental hazards. The less pleasing photos will be included to create pathos. In our documentary using pathos through images will be very important in order to provoke the audience. In order for a documentary to be good, it needs to poke at the audiences’ emotions and images of the world that we live being destroyed will provide that emotion. We could also use B-roll while someone is being interviewed to keep the audience from getting bored of just looking at 1 or 2 people being interview for minutes. B-roll is also good to get visual representations while the interviewee is speaking. For instance, if the interviewee is discussing the topic of pollution, we could incorporate an images of the process of pollution to give the audience a visual. We have also discussed using black screens with text full of statistic on environmental hazards with a voice over reading them. During interviews, it is important for us to get the best lighting we can, so we have to make sure that it is not grainy, too dark or too light. Stability of the camera is also needed. Since we will be using our phones to record it is a possibility that there will be some shakiness. It will be our job to hold the phones as still as possible or use an item to hold it up. We have also planned to use a wide variety of music within our documentary as well.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">For music, one song we felt was appropriate for out documentary was “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel. The chorus, “We didn’t start the fire. It was always burning since the world’s been turning. We didn’t start the fire. No we didn’t light it, but we tried to fight it” can easily be interpreted as someone singing about pollution or global warming. I think it would be good to put the excerpt of the song in our documentary when we have images showing how environmental hazards have been slowly ruining our world. It also reaches a bigger picture of how we as millennials did not start the decreasing stability of our planet, but we have been trying to combat the issue of the problems. Another song suitable to our documentary, although funny it contributes to a serious problem, would be “No Air” by Jordin Sparks. Like Billy Joel’s song, the chorus speaks the most to our documentary. Even though the so is initially about a bad relationship, we can aim it more toward pollution. In some countries the air is so polluted and filled with smog that it makes it difficult for those people living in that area to breath. The song “No Air” would be a fitting song to play while statistics are rolling in our documentary or when a person is giving their input on pollution have it playing low enough where you can still here the person talking, but not too low where you are not able to hear the song. To close the documentary or to use in the credits, the song to be used would be the Planet Earth theme song. The song is instrumental and very calming. It almost sounds like a song that movies use to show their credits. Voice overs will also play an important role in our documentary. When we reference statistics, especially lengthy ones, having someone read them can make it easier on the audience, but it also allows us to put emphasis on certain statistics that we find to stick out more than other.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">Citations – Hyperlinks 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKwRCxfaLzE 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBKnpyoFEBo 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g

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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:"HelveticaNeue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In our documentary, we plan on making use of interviews. Our group’s local organizations are the Greenhouse Club and the Green Thumb Club. Ryan Lark is the president of the Green Thumb club and our group will first reach out to him for an interview. <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:"HelveticaNeue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">  <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:"HelveticaNeue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Ryan Lark could be beneficial to our documentary because he has experience leading an organization here on campus involved in environmental issues. A draft of the email to be sent to Lark is as follows:

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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Ryan Lark,

<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning, I’m Zack Newcomb and a freshman here at UK. I am a part of a research group looking at the declining environment. I wanted to request an interview with you to discuss your opinion on the environment, and what steps the GreenThumb Club are taking here on campus and in Lexington to combat global warming. We’d ask questions related to the current state of the local environment, the global environment, what the GreenThumb Club does, and what ways people can increase their awareness of environmental issues. If you could be willing to sit down for an interview, what times could be best for you?

<p class="MsoNormal">Another Interview our group could possibly conduct is with Dr. Shannon Bell, an associate professor in the Environmental and Sustainability program at the University of Kentucky. She conducts research in environmental justice and climate change. Dr. Bell can be a valuable resource for our documentary in that she has an extensive amount of expertise in the effects of climate change and environmental issues. A tentative draft of an email to invite her to an interview would be as follows.

<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Dr. Bell.

<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning, I’m Zack Newcomb and a freshman here at UK. I am part of a research group investigating the declining environment. I wanted to extend a request for an interview with you to have your insight on why our environment is so neglected, what we can do on a micro and macro level to combat climate change, and what you feel are the best ways to start turning around our current trajectory. If you’d be willing to sit for an interview, could you accessible during your office hours? The interview could range from 10-20 minutes.

<p class="MsoNormal">We would need to be able to film the interviews, either through cell phones or cameras from the media depot.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Questions for Ryan Lark could be as follows:

<p class="MsoNormal">What are your general thoughts on the state of the global environment?

<p class="MsoNormal">How does the United States differ from the global outlook?

<p class="MsoNormal">I know in Kentucky coal is important to our state economy, but burning fossil fuels is one of the leading causes of the deteriorating environment. What do you think the plan could be to change from fossil fuels like coal to something more sustainable?

<p class="MsoNormal">What can the government do, if they should do anything, to help the cause?

<p class="MsoNormal">What do you think the future of energy looks like?

<p class="MsoNormal">What is the GreenThumb Club doing to promote a healthy environment here on campus?

<p class="MsoNormal">In Lexington and Around?

<p class="MsoNormal">What can UK Student do to help make our campus better?

<p class="MsoNormal">What can people around the world do better?

<p class="MsoNormal">It should be noted that these are possible questions, and there is allowance for follow up questions for Ryan’s answers, whether he brings up something interesting or our group feels that Ryan could expand on ideas more.

<p class="MsoNormal">Questions for Dr. Bell can be deeper questions, as she is more equipped to provide in depth answers. Questions for Dr. Bell could be as follows:

<p class="MsoNormal">What are your general thoughts on the state of the global environment?

<p class="MsoNormal">How does the United States differ from the global outlook?

<p class="MsoNormal">I know in Kentucky coal is important to our state economy, but burning fossil fuels is one of the leading causes of the deteriorating environment. What do you think the plan could be to change from fossil fuels like coal to something more sustainable?

<p class="MsoNormal">I would argue that coal has been a driver in the economy of Kentucky. I would also say UK has directly benefitted from coal as every other aspect of Kentucky. How do you get lawmakers and business leaders to understand coal is finite, and thought it’ll hurt Kentucky, there needs to be a solution presented for the benefit of the environment, as well as economically?

<p class="MsoNormal">What role should government play in combat global warming if any?

<p class="MsoNormal">What kind of health side effects come from poor environmental health?

<p class="MsoNormal">How do we deal with pollution from industry?

<p class="MsoNormal">What on a micro level what can be done to help combat global warming?

<p class="MsoNormal">On a macro level?

<p class="MsoNormal">What is the future of energy?

<p class="MsoNormal">Again, these are possible questions, and follow up question are of course allowed and encouraged.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Written by Zack Newcomb

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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">Pollution: Air pollution, the contamination of the atmosphere or the depletion of the ozone, is due to exhaust from our vehicles. Soil pollution is the contamination of the soil that prevents growth and balance in the land. Some sources of soil pollution include sewage spills and deforestation. The article used adds detailed facts and knowledge on each type of pollution and relates it to a bigger topic. This bigger topic could relate to climate change or health problems related to the various types of pollution. Certain types of pollution that are not normally found in other resources, while people know about air, water, and soil pollution they lack knowledge on noise, light, and personal pollution. The purpose of using this information is to inform everyone about different types of population and why they need to be brought to attention of the everyday person that wants a clean environment to live in. Potential problems of how this issue could be handled are getting people that do not care about pollution and how it affects the everyday life of everyone around the world is to get them to realize that it is a problem and that needs to be addressed and tried to be fixed.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">DNews, This Is What Pollution Does To Your Body, 17 Dec. 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k22ejJ_fvc.

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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">Minorities in Agriculture and the effects farming have on the environment: Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences better known as MANRRS, an organization that is in colleges nationwide. MANRRS was started in early 1985 by a group of minority students in the college of agriculture at Michigan State University and they traveled around to different college and helped get other chapter started. Farming is responsible for most of the habitat loss and fragmentation that threaten the world’s forests and wetland arears, biodiversity, and terrestrial carbon stores. Water diversions for agriculture combined with agriculture related

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">water quality problems oxygen depletion, pesticide and fertilizer runoff, and soil erosion are the most common threats that we see today to aquatic and avian species not only inland but also in coastal and nearshore areas along with land clearance and other agricultural practices play a role in greenhouse gas emissions. This information will be used to educate people from a non-agriculture background why minorities in agriculture play a vital role in today’s agriculture industry. Potential problems are trying to get people to understand the importance of the air water and soil quality and how if it is not taken care of it could affect drinking water purity and quality and with bad soil comes bad yields to crops and drives the prices up on everyday foods for people.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">MANRRS Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">1998. Saving Habitat and Conserving Biodiversity on a Crowded Planet. BioScience 48: 941–53.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">Goklany, Indur M., and Merritt W. Sprague. 1991. A Different Approach to Sustainable

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">Environmental Protection Agency(EPA): Workers of the EPA are constantly fighting the battle of keeping the earth’s environment clean and protected from man-made hazards. Throughout the several years the EPA has been in action they have placed many restrictions and laws to help enforce the seriousness of the man-made environmental hazards. The EPA also has the duty of educating the public on environmental hazards and how to prevent them. The EPA is very dependent on human interaction with the environment. People do not want to take blame for why the environment is deteriorating, but it is solely our own faults. Almost everything that contributes to the earth’s environmental hazards, besides natural disasters, were all man made.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">This information will be used to educate the public about what the EPA is and how they work with the public and individuals. The problems with this could be getting people to understand what they stand for, and that it is for the better of the environment and the public’s health as an overall population.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">Congressional Digest 2015. Origins of the Environmental Protection Agency. (Volume 94 Issue 5): p2-5.-4p

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">Renewable energy:The three main types of renewable energy are solar, wind, and water, and the total electricity consumption has dramatically increased from 3–4% in 2010 to 30% in 2013. Researchers noted that though there are factors of renewable energy that drive up the price of electricity, overall, the resulting increase in supply shifts the price down. To back these claims up, the economists evaluated individual case studies of the six different operational regions of Italy. This information is useful by giving some background information of the types of renewable energy that there is out there and how they are helpful to the environment. Problems with this information is getting enough people to switch over to theses energy producing way to make a difference in the emission that are emitted in to the atmosphere cause greenhouse gasses an global warming.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">Bigerna, Simona, Carlo Andrea Bollino, and Paolo Polinori. "Renewable Energy And Market Power In The Italian Electricity Market." Energy Journal 37.(2016): 123-

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"TimesNewRoman";font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;">Pollution: Pollution has been a topic worldwide for an extended amount of time; but the fact that pollution could be affecting the health of humans is a fairly new idea that people are skeptical about, but it has been proven that it affects the environment in a negative way. This will be helpful by explaining all the different types of pollution that all add up to one main problem that is affecting the earth and need to be addressed. The problem with this information is getting to people to see how it actually effects your health and everyday life and for them to care about

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