Overview
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Overview – What is a Environmental Issue Analysis
INSTRUCTIONS
Address Grammatical Errors, Spelling Mistakes and Poor Organization
- This is an extended commentary and analysis of an environmental issue.
- You will pick an environmental issue that interests you. I will not be assigning topics, so if you need help developing one, it would be beneficial to ask for direction ASAP.
Topic is - “Title: “Mining Pollution in Northern Quebec”
- You are to write an analysis of how your environmental issue has emerged over the past 25-30 years.
- Your analysis should examine how civil society, the economy, public health, environmental jurisprudence or any other pertinent factors have influenced the policy issue you have chosen to analyze.
Whole paper has to be in academic tone.
Environmental Issue Analysis: Structure
1.0. Introduction
- This sets the context by establishing the environmental issue you will be analyzing.
- Two central questions need to be addressed in your introduction.
- What is the environmental issue?
- Why is it an important issue?
- Two central questions need to be addressed in your introduction.
- Keep it reasonably brief and succinct
- A page at most.
2.0. Description AND Background Information
- Facts and History:
- Provide a succinct review of the facts of the environmental issue.
- You're providing a historical narrative in which you provide a timeline analysis of the factors that are pertinent to your environmental issue.
- In other words, What happened?
- Who was responsible?
- What was the government's response?
3.0. Has Anything Changed?
- Did the environmental issue lead to any behavioral changes?
- For example, do governments approach the issue differently?
- For example, introducing stricter environmental policies on the use of fossil fuels.
- Did societal behavior change?
- Think about consumer trends?
- For example, buying a Tesla instead of a Volkswagen diesel.
- Think about consumer trends?
- For example, do governments approach the issue differently?
- Was the change real?
- Or, did absolutely nothing change?
Format and Referencing
- Length: 2400 words exactly. (NOT EVEN 2401 AND NOT EVEN 2399 WORDS)
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- You must provide a word count.
- Failure to do so will result in a 1% penalty.
- Excluding bibliography and title page.
- Anything beyond 2400 words will be disregarded.
- You will be penalized for not meeting minimal requirements.
- Give proper title
- Give proper short title in header and proper page numbers on every page.
Use proper transitions words
You are required to use standard settings, fonts and sizes.( Font- Times New Roman and FONT Size should be - 12. Margins should be 1 inch/2.54cm on the sides and 1.25 inches/3.17cm on the top and bottom.)
- Your whole Paper should be double-spaced
- You are required to use theAPA7 OWL PURDE Style and use the written guide given by the Department of Political Science-Department of Political Science Writing Guide.pdf (uoguelph.ca)
And guidelines and you have to answer to this i am proving the grading rubrics everything write in own words and do not use AI AND CHATGPT AS MAM HAS THE SOFTAWARE TO DETECT.EACH AND EVERY LINE and each and every single word.
Sources
- The quality of your analysis is largely determined by the nature of the evidence you are able to gather.
- You need to ensure you have a broad range of sources that are both timely and relevant to your environmental issue.
- Your can use a variety of sources-you should use exactly 3 academic peer reviewed literature sources only, you should use exactly 3 government reports.
- You will be assessed on how efficiently and effectively you are able integrate your sources within your analysis.
- TOTAL 6 SOURCES SHOULD BE USED.
Submit a Polished Assignment
- What is a Polished Assignment?
- A Logical Discussion that is Clear AND Consistent and well balanced.
- You Must Pay Attention to different dimensions AND perspectives of the case.
- Show an ability to Discuss Major Issues Concisely.
- Address Grammatical Errors, Spelling Mistakes and Poor Organization.
- Accurate referencing.
- Proofread Your Paper Prior to Submission.
- Penalty of a Maximum of 10 Percentage Points for grammar problems.
GRADING RUBRIC
Criteria | Evaluation | Criterion Score |
Criterion 1: Soundness of your Analysis |
| / 40 |
New Criterion: Quality of Evidence |
| / 40 |
New Criterion: Presentation and Coherence of your Analysis |
| / 20 |
Total | / 100 |
How do I Cite my References?
This is a formal academic paper, such as an essay which requires you to both cite information when you use it [Such as an intext citation and a footnote] and provide the source in a bibliography.
succinctness and flow. So, bogging downyour writing with excessive sourcing may prevent you from doing that.
Here is a working example of an actual sentence from an op-ed I wrote.
"One of the key drawbacks on climate change regulation that Ostrom draws to our attention is the issue of risk."
PLEASE NOTE, I ONLY REFERRED TO THE AUTHOR'S NAME IN MY SENTENCE. IN MY BIBLIOGRAPHY I PROVIDED THE FULL CITATION.
***IF THIS APPROACH MAKES YOU SQUEAMISH AND MAKES YOU THINK YOU WILL FLUNK A TURNITIN SCORE, YOU CAN WRITE THE SAME SENTENCE LIKE THIS.(use this method through the whole paper for intext citation)
“One of the key drawbacks on climate change regulation that Ostrom (2006) draws to our
attention is the issue of risk.
What citation style do I use?
You are required to use the APA 7 OWL PURDE Citation Style that is used by the Department of Political science.
Please see the link below for the Department of Political Science’s style guide.
FOLLOW IT very strictly !!!
And guidelines and you have to answer to this i am proving the grading rubrics everything write in own words and do not use AI AND CHATGPT AS MAM HAS THE SOFTAWARE TO DETECT.EACH AND EVERY LINE and each and every single word.
You do not have to use any course readings for this assignment. Let me be clear, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE ANY COURSE READINGS FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.
DOCX 1 I AM ATATCHING IS THE Environmental Issue Analysis ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS DOCX
DOCX-2 IS THE PDF OF THE GRADING RIUBRIC
DOCX 3 Writing Guide for this course and this assignment.
Very important docx to cite different sources. Intext citation should match with reference.