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Source Evaluations
Barboza, Tony. "L.A.,Central Valley Have Worst Air Quality, American Lung Assn. Says." Los
Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2014. Web. 15 May 2014.
Tony Barboza is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times covering stories about the
environment. He has worked for the newspaper company for over 8 years reporting local
news in Orange County and Los Angeles.
His article provided data from the American Lung Association stating that Los Angeles
still has the nations highest ozone pollution despite improvements from the past decade.
He also provides reasons as to why it is so high and ways we can help reduce it.
I chose to use this article to show my readers the severity of the problem of air pollution
in California. I wanted to talk about how Southern California is still the number one city
with the highest ozone pollution even though it has improved significantly since the
1960s.
DeCicco, John M. "Why Pushing Alternate Fuels Makes for Bad Public Policy." Yale
Environment 360. N.p., 22 Aug. 2013. Web. 03 June 2014.
John M. DeCicco, is a research professor at the University of Michigan Institute and
professor of practice at the School of Natural Resources and Environment. His teaching
and advising interests includes greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, energy use,
and sustainable mobility. He is also a project director for the University of Michigan
Energy Survey.
In his article he argued that pushing for alternative fuels will make bad public policy. He
also states that although alternative fuel is a great solution for reducing the problem of air
pollution it would not tackle the problem as fast as we would like.
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I used this article as a roadblock to my solution because although he supports the
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions he does not support alternative fuel. He states that
alternative fuel might have a role in the future but as of right now, it cannot be
determined what fuel is needed and when with the data we have now.
Xie, Yuanchang. "An Integrated Tool for Modeling the Impact of Alternative Fueled Vehicles on
Traffic Emissions: A Case Study of Greenville, South Carolina." (2010): 1-14. 15 Nov.
2010. Web. 30 May 2014.
Yuancahng Xie is currently an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts
Lowell and has previously worked at South Carolina University as an assistant professor.
He conducted a study of Greenville, South Carolina on the impact of alternative fueled
vehicles on traffic transmission. He is credible because he is an expert in transportation
engineering and his research covers several areas of traffic including traffic flow
modeling and traffic safety. He is also a part of the Transportation Research Board.
The study contained 3 types of alternative transportation fuels that showed positive effect
on the environment. It was also conducted primarily from a transportation perspective
and focused mainly on the emission impacts of using alternative fuel in a smaller
transportation network.
This research is useful in that it provided me with evidence that alternative fuel is good
for the environment and can reduce vehicle emissions compared to gasoline and diesel. I
used this in my essay to back up my argument about alternative fuel.