NEWS ARTICLES ON ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS

NEWS ARTICLES -- 5posts 

Editors: Brandi-Marie Williams, Orianna Cotten, Jayden Levitsky, Lily Spooner, Chloe Munro 

 

We wrote more than 15 news-style articles on environmental topics of our choice. We link to our credible sources so you can learn more.  

Protecting animals: You’ll read about how animals are being impacted. Impactd by what, you ask? Humans and the impact that we have by just existing on this planet. Everyday, we make choices about what we need to do to live, while ignoring the impact on innocent animals that cannot speak for themselves. In these short readings, you as the reader are going to have the chance to walk away with ideas on how you can make a change.  

• protecting animals - Jayden, Chris, Leah, then Johnny 

• links of interest 

Natural places  

Reading these articles will inform you of local places in nature that you can visit. You will read more about the Maple Sprouts Forest School and The Wild Center. 

• nature places - Brandi Forest School then Jenna Wild Center articles 

• Link to the nature essays intro 

Waterways  

These articles explore issues like sewage leaks and invasive species like water chestnuts and Japanese knotweed, showing how they damage local rivers and species as well as how that damage can be reduced. 

• waterways - Cassandra, Tiara, Mallory, then Nick 

• Followed by Link to ncpr articles and Talking Rivers laws—intl movment to recognize rights of rivers as living beings; Link to A2A and save the river 

Climate change Climate change has become a heavily-debated topic, due to its effects on our earth and us humans. It has become entrenched in the political landscape, which has brought it forward in new, highly-charged ways. In these articles, our authors describe the ways in which climate change affects people all over the world.  

 

• Climate change - Mia, Ori, Cam, Lily, then Marceline 

• Link to Alex French work on carbon credits 

• Link to Kira Walker fires, drought