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Hello class,

This week I found many articles that fit the criteria of what I looking for in terms of information and argument back up. However I am still having difficulty recognizing where in my essay would this type of information or source fit. I still dot have an outline or for the paper and even though I have a structure in my mind I highly doubt I will follow through with it sine it will probably change once I start writing. Since I know I am the kind of person that needs a push, I am making it my goal to have 3 pages of at least something by the end of this week. (Preferably Friday). This way even if what I write is horrible, which it probably will be, I will then have something to follow up on or add to.  This process will also guide me in the right direction of what type of keywords I should be looking for in during the research and it will build some patterns in the research.

At the beginning of the class I already thought I would have something solid written. This Friday goal will help me turn my procrastination around just like the last assignment for 10 references. It’s embarrassing that me; among with my peers still procrastinate so much. Ridiculous!

I can’t say I’ve had the best week with the research this week even if I found a bunch of new articles because I don’t have an organized idea of how I will use them. I do want to use them all however, I really think they are from a trusted source and backed up with evidence like we talked about in class. Also, I’ve been finding many economic reasons for not ratifying the Kyoto protocol but finding the political reasons are quiet difficult. My guess is that such reasons are hidden behind in the article. At least the standard Google search is not giving me anything concrete, just opinions of unqualified people from blogs.

See you in class.

I have been narrowing down my questions for the research and have come up with some broad and some more specific ones. they include:

Why didnt the US government sign the agreement?

Who first wrote or had an idea for the agreement (an individual of an organization)?

where US scientists included in drafting this agreement?

If yes (most probably yes) which organizations did they belong to?

List of some invorenmental protection agencie sin US and the world. have they issued an opinion about this agreement? they stand on growing pollution and recommendations for  people.

Look for sustainable US businesses or famous NGOs that promote sustainability (NGO because it is related to public affairs and my work experience)

The main challange I am encountering dutrign this research is the pattern of more question sarrising. when i read an article or watch a little documentary about a topic there is a huge amount of information that makes other questions arise. because of this i often find myself forgetting my original question.

For the more specific questions like effects of the pollution and concrete consequences in numbers such as how much it will cost the US government to make a decision toward sustainability, I find conflicting answers. It seems that even experts disagree on the benefits of Kyoto protocol. Some say its great some say it wont make  a difference. this brings up a challenge of not being sure if my sources are reliable. Most of the time I can see that the information is from a credited source, however ive been encountering many opinion articles that I dont know if i want to use.

Recently I’ve been doing my research by watching documentaries and related videos on the Kyoto protocol. This is a new approach for me and I am mostly doing it to familiarize myself with the scientific terms related and better understand the topic as a whole. This will help me understand what narrow questions to ask the search engines in my further research. In several videos it was mentioned that many economists believe that costs of maintaining this protocol outweigh the possible economic benefits. This point could be interesting to look into however, the cost on healthy environment is very hard to determine. I’m focusing on politicians’ statements and interviews from mostly last 5 years.  This is a good alternative to reading the same interviews; personally I can understand the issue much better when I can see a person talking about it.

Hello class,

I have narrowed down my research question into “im studying Kyoto agreement because i want to find out about the economic and political reasons behind the US decision regarding this agreement in order to make teach people about what effect the green house emissions will have on the wellbeing of people in the future.”

I know that this need polishing but I am having  a hard time putting finding the correct wording for it. I am planning to explain the reasons based on the articles and interview records i find on the topic. After, analyze those findings and come to conclusion about why would this be a logical decision for our government.  I decided not to compare US emissions with other first world countries because that would complicate the point of the paper too much. Instead, I can go in depths into policies which is actually better for the public affairs paper.

What does everyone think about my question and next step?

Any interesting sources would be appreciated

Salome