Identify sustainable environmental practices and science based solutions that are supported by credible evidence.

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For the final project, you will write a paper on an environmental issue of your choice. The United States Environmental Protection Agency website will be helpful in determining your issue. This is your opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of an environmental issue that impacts your local community, state,or region at varying levels including ecosystem, quality of life, and economics. These skills will benefit you as you pursue advanced research opportunities as well as careers within the regulation and remediation industry. You will analyze the steps taken to identify the solutions utilized and the success of these solutions,including the people or groups involved. You will be supporting your paper with credible peer–reviewed research.

The project is divided into two milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Three and Five. The final submission is due in Module Seven.

In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:

Use credible environmental research for drawing basic connections among policy, science, and society

Describe the impact of economic considerations on environmental science and sustainable practices

Identify sustainable environmental practices and science based solutions that are supported by credible evidence

Explain how diverse individual, social, political, and economic factors influence response to environmental issues