Monday, February 24, 2020
blog due on 2/26
Two 12 minute video clips
Nestle pumping in Michigan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPIEaM0on70
Califonia drought and water rights/regulation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh90Tm_TH1Y
Yes, watch them both, and yes write a separate 3-2-1 for each. Lot of work, I know...
Monday, February 17, 2020
blog due 2/19
PFAS contamination- did you know you might be drinking Teflon and Scotchguard (non-stick chemicals)? Even though most PFAS contamination comes from fire fighting foams (wait, didn't Houston have a chemical fire earlier this year that used foams to put the fires out...)
https://health.ri.gov/water/about/pfas/ and https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/2019_pfas_contamination/map/ (this is just a map)
Optional addition article on it:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/pfas-water-new-orleans-miami-philadelphia
https://health.ri.gov/water/about/pfas/ and https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/2019_pfas_contamination/map/ (this is just a map)
Optional addition article on it:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/pfas-water-new-orleans-miami-philadelphia
Monday, February 10, 2020
blog due 2/12
How South Africa Avoided Disaster
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/08/cape-town-was-90-days-away-from-running-out-of-water-heres-how-it-averted-the-crisis/
3-2-1 response as always
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/08/cape-town-was-90-days-away-from-running-out-of-water-heres-how-it-averted-the-crisis/
3-2-1 response as always
Monday, February 3, 2020
Blog due 2/5
Fact checking a public figure with wind energy:
So instead of a 3-2-1, give me a 5 sentence summary of your findings, supporting or refuting the public figures statements, with evidence.
Read the article: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/475701-trump-rails-against-windmills-i-never-understood-wind
Then find source(s) that support or refute the statement. You can get started with this if you want: 
Fact checks
So instead of a 3-2-1, give me a 5 sentence summary of your findings, supporting or refuting the public figures statements, with evidence.
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Blog due 8/31
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Connecting terrestrial ecosystems with marine food chains http://e360.yale.edu/feature/the_vital_chain_connecting_the_ecosystems_of_land_an...
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