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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: Little Goose Dam:
 * Article Evaluation:
 * The article's content is related to the topic of energy, but it lacks the justice part. The Little Goose Dam is one of four dams on the Lower Snake River that could possibly be breached due to its contribution in depleting the wild salmon population (and as a result, the Orca population). Also, the damns constructed along the Snake and Columbia rivers have significantly harmed indigenous communities in the Columbia River Basin. The article makes no mention of this, so it doesn't tackle any of Wikipedia's equity gaps. I would say that it's written neutrally but some of the citations are not Wikipedia's definition of reliable. None are from peer reviewed journals or notable people. The article doesn't make any claims so nothing is cited besides the facts.:
 * Sources:
 * Lopardo, Elizabeth C., and Clare M. Ryan. “Dammed If You Don’t, But What If You Do? Breaching the Lower Snake River Dams in Washington State.” Case Studies in the Environment, vol. 4, no. 1, 2020, pp. 1–12, https://doi.org/10.1525/cse.2019.sc.1036402.
 * Martin, Lucy. “Decommissioning the Four Lower Snake River Dams.” Water Resources Impact, vol. 24, no. 3, 2022, pp. 19-.

Option 2

 * Article title: Lithium Triangle:
 * Article Evaluation:
 * This article actually has a good base for discussion around energy and justice. It gives the facts of the region and it also has a paragraph that mentions the indigenous people that are affected by lithium mining. But, it doesn't go into much detail about how the indigenous people are harmed, nor does it discuss the environmental impact that green extractivism does to the region. Each claim has a citation, however it doesn't seem to have a neutral voice. Overall, I think that this article could use some more organization as well as some detail on how lithium mining operations will effect the environment and communities in the region. :
 * Sources:
 * González, Lucas I., and Richard Snyder. “Modes of Extraction in Latin America’s Lithium Triangle: Explaining Negotiated, Unnegotiated, and Aborted Mining Projects.” Latin American Politics and Society, vol. 65, no. 1, 2023, pp. 47–73, https://doi.org/10.1017/lap.2022.32.
 * Sanchez‐Lopez, Maria Daniela. “Geopolitics of the Li‐ion Battery Value Chain and the Lithium Triangle in South America.” Latin American Policy, vol. 14, no. 1, 2023, pp. 22–45, https://doi.org/10.1111/lamp.12285.
 * Petavratzi, E., et al. “The Impacts of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Issues in Achieving Sustainable Lithium Supply in the Lithium Triangle.” Mineral Economics : Raw Materials Report, vol. 35, no. 3–4, 2022, pp. 673–99, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13563-022-00332-4.

Option 3

 * Article title: Lava Ridge Wind Project:
 * Article Evaluation:
 * This article is short and gives little detail to the energy side of things but also the justice side. It only has one sentence for the section about environmental impacts the wind farm would cause. It tackles Wikipedia's equity gaps, but personally, I don't think it's enough. The proposed wind farm is at the site of a Japanese Internment Camp and the section on that is quite small. The article is neutral and all of its claims are cited but there doesn't seem to be many peer reviewed journals in the bibliography (maybe there hasn't been too many articles published in peer review journals about it?).:
 * Sources:
 * “Debate over Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project Continues.” TCA Regional News, Tribune Content Agency LLC, 2022.
 * https://apnews.com/article/energy-wind-farm-idaho-rally-minidoka-b2a4a1b67fdb65b27d3bb41e5b63e5f9

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