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Debating the Environment

PWR 1CS - Winter 2013 - Instructor: Shekhar, C.
Last Updated: 14-Dec-2012

A guide to resources for PWR 1CS: Debating the Environment. This course considers controversial environment-related technologies or concepts. What are the pros and cons? What are the uncertainties and risks associated with it? What are its alternatives? How does the science inform these perspectives? What rhetorical strategies do they use?

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Subjects

General and interdisciplinary

Opinion sources/blogs

Suggested resources for finding popular opinion content.

Science Blogs
Aggregation of a number blogs on science topics. Check out the Environment channel.
Worldwatch Institute
Independent research institute devoted to global environmental concerns
United Nations Climate Change Portal
Blogs, reports and news on climate change.
Debate.org Science Topics
Online debate website for people to challenge each other intellectually via debates and open forum communication.

Background/Reference sources

Following are some reference sources that you can use to find background information on your topic as well as other references.

Global resources : opposing viewpoints / Helen Cothran, book editor.
San Diego : Greenhaven Press, c2003.
Green » InfoCenter (Non-circulating) » HD75.6 .G555 2003
AccessScience [electronic resource] : McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology online / McGraw-Hill.
[United States] : McGraw-Hill, [2000?]-
Gale Virtual reference library [electronic resource].
Farmington Hills, MI : Thomson Gale, [200-?]-

Gale Virtual Reference Library is an online eBook reference collection on many topics including the Environment. Access environmental topics here: http://go.galegroup.com/ps/displayAllBooksForSubject?subject=Environment...

Databases

The following are some databases that focus on environmental topics.

GeoRef [electronic resource].
Alexandria, Va. : American Geological Institute,

Covers worldwide technical literature on geology and geophysics. Coverage: 1785 - present

Environmental sciences & pollution management [electronic resource].
[S.l.] : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, [199-]-

Covers environmental sciences topics, including ecology, energy resources, and pollution issues. Coverage: 1967 - present

Academic search premier [electronic resource].
Ipswich, MA : EBSCO Pub.

A multidisciplinary database which provides full-text for over 4,650 scholarly publications. A great place to start your research.