User:Julienpleb/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Cancer Alley


 * Article Evaluation
 * Cancer Alley is a topic that is geographically relevant with a fairly vacant page. Cancer Alley is utilized by environmentalist to display the harsh effects of industrialization without regulation. This topic would allow me to focus on the petrochemical industries effect on Southern Louisiana and its relationship with the vast environment of Bayous surrounding it. [ Stick to statistics of Parishes etc. Avoid straying away from the facts ] No inferences - May need to rely on investigative reporting and local newspapers... Industry reports, but sift facts - Focus on Historical side, how far back I will go.


 * Sources
 * (PDF) Down Cancer Alley: The Lived Experience of Health and Environmental Suffering in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor (researchgate.net)

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the environment


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is already decently detailed, but I thought it was pertinent to our current situation while also tying in the class. Anecdotally, I have seen a mini-revival of "outdoorsmanship" during the summer of the pandemic and I would like to dive into more research about the positive and negative effects of this societal shift.


 * Sources

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Environmental cleanup law


 * Article Evaluation
 * This Wikipedia page is relatively vacant. I would hope to add relevant legislation throughout history to the page. Also, I would like to display the tonal shifts throughout the crafting of the legislation.


 * Sources

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Post-consumerism


 * Article Evaluation
 * There is no information on Post-Consumerism and it could be good to add the environmental effects this ideological transition can and has had.


 * Sources
 * Full article: Post-capitalism, post-growth, post-consumerism? Eco-political hopes beyond sustainability (tandfonline.com)
 * Collective dissonance and the transition to post-consumerism - ScienceDirect

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