User talk:Lhashemi/sandbox

On December 20, 2016, Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, issued a joint statement indefinitely banning drilling in the Arctic, which will be reviewed every 5 years based on a climate and marine science life cycle assessment. This ban encompasses most of the U.S. waters and all of the Canadian waters in the Arctic. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/12/20/united-states-canada-joint-arctic-leaders-statement#_edn1

In the case of the Arctic Resources, the five nations with resource exploitation rights (all developed/wealthier nations) will profit from climate change (ice melts=resource extraction). Poor/undeveloped/developing nations are more vulnerable to climate change: wet areas get wetter (crop flooding), dry areas get drier (no water for crops), sea level rise (displacement of people in island nations), etc. Poorer nations also do not have the resources or means to adapt/mitigate the effects of climate change. This is a contributing factor in unequal distribution of wealth (Global North) and environmental degradation (Global South). Hotcheetoprincess (talk) 09:42, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

Though Trump has not explicitly commented on drilling in the Arctic, he strongly believes in an America First Energy Plan, reducing America's dependence on foreign oil. He has also stated multiple times his interest in reducing environmental regulation that hinders energy development.

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Based on the outline, this is going to be a very comprehensive articles. A few comments/suggestions: 1.) A title would be very helpful to identify what the article is going to address 2.) The leading section is somewhat repetitive and is not immediately apparent what will be covered in the article 3.) Don't think its completely necessary to give a thorough background on what climate change is. It's probably more important to talk about what impact the Arctic has/will have on climate. 4.) Case studies would be very interesting especially when looking at how small countries will be impacted. 180Degrees (talk) 23:35, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

This is a very interesting topic, I think it is very informative and can't wait to read the finished article! Your outline is wonderful but a tittle is needed for the article. What I understand is that the arctic's resources, and the region is extremely important to global biodiversity- currently, arctic resources produces about one-tenth of the world's oil and a quarter of its natural gas. The Russian Arctic, Arctic Canada, Alaska, and Norway are the leading producers holding roughly about 80 percent of this oil and of the natural gas. How does trump play into this, being a big supporter of fossil fuels? Are refugees and indigenous people currently being moved? Januaryseventeen (talk) 00:26, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Throughout your lead section and outline, I was able to see what you had researched and you will be researching about your topic. I think that you have a good topic. I like you have a section for stakeholders, which I thought our article could have as well. I think that having a title would help me understand the article’s topic better as above comments suggest. Also, I saw some overlapped subtopics, such as Global North vs. South (EJ), so you can have other sections for them. I also wanted to see more source references so that the article will be more reliable and strong. I hope this helps your article improve. Himawari.babybreath (talk) 00:33, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for your input! I believe our article title is "Arctic Resource Race" and we will definitely need to get that on there before we post it. We aren't going to explain what climate change is, rather how anthropogenic activity in the Arctic will accelerate climate change. A little bit confused as to how the lead doesn't explain what will be talked about...but we will definitely work on that. Yes we are lacking sources right now, but we will have them by the time we post our official first draft of the article. Thanks again!Hotcheetoprincess (talk) 03:15, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Got it! We'll do our best to incorporate your feedback to our page, thank you. Lhashemi (talk) 21:14, 15 March 2017 (UTC)lhashemi

Thank you for your feedback. Yes, our title is "Arctic Resource Race", we will make sure to put it on the article when we publish it. We will work on incorporating more sources to make the piece stronger. Case studies are difficult to find since this is a new topic but later after time passes I agree that case studies would make this article stronger. Thanks again for your input! Abendixen (talk) 23:46, 15 March 2017 (UTC)