For this assignment, you will write a 500-word expository essay on the topic of technology as a possible solution to environmental damage. Your essay should have a clearly established and sustained viewpoint and purpose. In addition, your writing should be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful. Following are the content requirements of the essay:
Although you may use additional academic articles obtained from the Purdue Global Library, here are some notable sources:
MIT Technology Review: https://www.technologyreview.com/
Nature: https://www.nature.com/
Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/
Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/
United Nations Environment Programme: https://www.unenvironment.org/
EPA: https://www.epa.gov/
National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Discover: https://www.discovermagazine.com/
USAID: https://www.usaid.gov/
- Select one technology that may help correct an environmental concern.
- What is the environmental concern?
- Did humans cause this environmental concern?
- What do proponents of the technology claim?
- What do its critics say?
- Is the technology currently in use?
- If not, what is the potential future use?
- How costly is this technology?
- What, if any, are the drawbacks of this technology?
- What do proponents of the technology claim?
- Based on your research, do you believe this technology could be an effective technological fix?
Your paper should also meet the following requirements:
- APA format
- Title page
- Introduction
- APA citations
- Double-spaced sentences
- 12-point Times New Roman font
- Conclusion
- Reference page
- Three sources minimum (including the class text)
- Standard English grammar conventions
- Correct grammar
- Correct punctuation and spelling
- Logical, well-ordered sentences
