We have studied a diverse group of environmental issues during our course. Many of these issues can be directly linked to a variety of environmental challenges/problems. In addition many of these issues affect various direct/indirect environmental values that are important to all people. The process to create policies that effectively and efficiently address these environmental issues is complex and difficult. In your Final Paper you will be tasked to discuss analyze and evaluate one of the following environmental issues and then recommend a policy to address the issue. Select an environmental issue that interests you from the list below:
Please note that air quality and water issues are not topics for the Final Paper because you wrote a short paper during Week Two which focuses on one of those two policy areas.
For this assignment you will complete the following sections:
Important: Parts 2 to 5 need be written as body paragraphs with all of the parts necessary for a complete body paragraph (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
The paper must be 10 to 12 pages in length (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. You must use at least four credible sources (at least two of which must be found in the Ashford University Library) other than the textbook to support your claims. Cite your sources in-text (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and on the reference page (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. For additional information regarding APA samples and tutorials visit the Ashford Writing Center located within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar in your online course.
Writing the Final PaperThe Final Paper:
Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.