RESOURCE BANK: JAM 1
Each text box contains resources pertaining to the Topic. Choose one or two that resonate with you and review them to become more informed about the issues on your mind.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEGRADATION
After effects of Flint Water Crisis on Education and Health
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/us/politics/flint-michigan-schools.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Newark Water Crisis
POSSIBLE PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
What is Carbon Sequestration
Basic Info on PFAs
Hurricanes and Flooding
Sandy : NY- NJ
https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-hurricane-sandy
Maria : PR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeGFaqwDY3s
https://grist.org/article/5-ways-puerto-rico-is-still-struggling-to-recover-from-hurricane-maria/
Imelda: Houston
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/us/tropical-storm-imelda-houston.html
REGULATION
What is NEPA? National Environmental Protection Act
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5YQ0ZvA-rQ
EPA Website: Check it out. . . see what’s there and what’s not
Rollback of Landmark Environmental Regulations
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/climate/trump-nepa-environment.html
EPA to Roll Back Rules on Toxic Coal Emissions
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/climate/epa-coal-ash.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
FIRES
AUSTRALIA FIRES
Australia’s Wildfires are Catastrophic for Animals
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/10/795161007/australias-record-wildfires-are-catastrophic-for-animals
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/12/world/aboriginal-australia-fire-trnd/index.html
Visual Guide to fires
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-50951043
CALIFORNIA FIRES
https://www.latimes.com/wildfires-map/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/us/fires-california.html
A selection of audio reports from NPR