Texas Environmental Issues
The following information was retrieved from:
Environment Texas. All Issues. April 20, 2015.
With your chosen issue you will be required to do the following:
Restore Our Gulf Coast
Our Gulf Coast not only provides our families with places to swim and play in the sun, it is also a home for whooping cranes and sea turtles, shrimp and crabs, snapper and trout. Unfortunately, BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster was only the latest blow to our coastline, which has suffered from decades of neglect, oil spills, pollution and reckless development.
Other Links: Texas, Gulf, Article, Political
Protect Texas' Rivers Polluting industries have put our nation's waters in jeopardy by carving loopholes in the Clean Water Act, leaving 143,000 miles of Texas' streams open to pollution. Join our call to restore the law's protection to all of our waters.
Other Links: Water, River, Article, Political
Preserving Texas Wild places across Texas are at being threatened by pollution, development and dramatic funding cuts. Environment Texas is urging state leaders to preserve our lands from abuse and fight for our state’s natural beauty.
Other Links: Ducks, Environment, Cave, Political, More
No Bees, No Food Millions of bees are dying off, with alarming consequences for our environment and our food supply. We rely on bees to pollinate everything from almonds to strawberries to the hay used to feed dairy cows. What happens if the bees disappear? It’s simple: No bees, no food. Let's give bees a chance.
Other Links: Bees, Article, Bzzzz
Keep Our Rivers Flowing We should be doing everything we can to keep our rivers healthy and flowing. But instead of conserving water, oil companies and developers are lobbying Texas officials to let them drain more water from our rivers, leaving barely enough water for recreation and wildlife like Whooping Cranes. We can't stand by and let this happen, and that’s where you come in.
Other Links: Rivers, Crane, Drain
Go Solar While more of us are trying to go solar, dirty energy companies keep putting up new roadblocks. We’re urging our leaders to go big on solar and leave dirty energy behind.
Other Links: Solar, Why, Power
Checkpoint 1 To be completed by the end of class on 5/11
Checkpoint 2 To be completed in the first 20 minutes of class on 5/12
The following information was retrieved from:
Environment Texas. All Issues. April 20, 2015.
With your chosen issue you will be required to do the following:
- Summarize your topic using the website above, the websites listed below, other websites, and news articles (minimum of 7 sentences)
- Find two articles that talk about the problems this issue is causing. For extra credit, choose one of those articles from a Political Action Group. For more information on what a Political Action Group is, click here.
- What are some barriers that your topic is faced with? Why is it hard to eliminate this problem from affecting our environment?
- Write a letter to a government office that may be able to help regulate the problem. Find their address and the title of the person in charge of the office you are writing to (minimum of 10 sentences).
- in addition, list the government agencies that regulate the area you have chosen
- local, state, federal
- How can Scott Collegiate Academy help change/solve this issue? (minimum of 5 sentences)
- Six pictures on your website illustrating your topic.
- A creative title that is on topic.
- Add a minimum of two links to articles supporting your topic
- Site your sources
Restore Our Gulf Coast
Our Gulf Coast not only provides our families with places to swim and play in the sun, it is also a home for whooping cranes and sea turtles, shrimp and crabs, snapper and trout. Unfortunately, BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster was only the latest blow to our coastline, which has suffered from decades of neglect, oil spills, pollution and reckless development.
Other Links: Texas, Gulf, Article, Political
Protect Texas' Rivers Polluting industries have put our nation's waters in jeopardy by carving loopholes in the Clean Water Act, leaving 143,000 miles of Texas' streams open to pollution. Join our call to restore the law's protection to all of our waters.
Other Links: Water, River, Article, Political
Preserving Texas Wild places across Texas are at being threatened by pollution, development and dramatic funding cuts. Environment Texas is urging state leaders to preserve our lands from abuse and fight for our state’s natural beauty.
Other Links: Ducks, Environment, Cave, Political, More
No Bees, No Food Millions of bees are dying off, with alarming consequences for our environment and our food supply. We rely on bees to pollinate everything from almonds to strawberries to the hay used to feed dairy cows. What happens if the bees disappear? It’s simple: No bees, no food. Let's give bees a chance.
Other Links: Bees, Article, Bzzzz
Keep Our Rivers Flowing We should be doing everything we can to keep our rivers healthy and flowing. But instead of conserving water, oil companies and developers are lobbying Texas officials to let them drain more water from our rivers, leaving barely enough water for recreation and wildlife like Whooping Cranes. We can't stand by and let this happen, and that’s where you come in.
Other Links: Rivers, Crane, Drain
Go Solar While more of us are trying to go solar, dirty energy companies keep putting up new roadblocks. We’re urging our leaders to go big on solar and leave dirty energy behind.
Other Links: Solar, Why, Power
Checkpoint 1 To be completed by the end of class on 5/11
Checkpoint 2 To be completed in the first 20 minutes of class on 5/12