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Annotated Bibliography
"Pollution from Coal Plants and Cars Triggers Asthma Attacks and Makes Kids Sick." Asthma.
Sierra Club, n.d. Web. 1 June 2014.
The Sierra Club is one of the largest grassroots environmental organization in the United
States. Their website provided information about what triggers asthma attacks in
children, which in this case are coal plants and cars. It provided me with some statics on
how many kids are affected by air pollution and it gives data on how clean air is better for
the economy.
"Smart Transportation Solutions | UCSUSA." Union of Concerned Scientists. N.p., 16 Sept.
2013. Web. 31 June 2014.
The Union of Concerned Scientists is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to solve
our planets most pressing problems with science. This website offers information and
data on alternative fuel and clean vehicles. It also provides specific data on what
transportation is contributing to air pollution and how we can fix it. I used this website to
learn more about alternative fuel and how we can reduce the amount of emissions in the
air.
Diaz, Ryder. "Can Air Pollution Cause Asthma in Kids? How About Autism?" State of Health
Blog from KQED News RSS. KQED, 21 June 2013. Web. 1 June 2014.
Ryder Diaz is a journalist who specializes in science and produces stories for KQED
Public Radio. This article provided two new studies that show just how bad air pollution
could be for children. He states in this article that not only is air pollution causing health
problem like asthma and autism, it may actually cause other diseases like cancer. I used
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this website to read more about the effect air pollution have on disadvantaged families
and most importantly children.
O'Sullivan, Feargus. "Partially Banning Cars for a Day in Paris Actually Worked." CityLab. The
Atlantic, 16 May 2014. Web. 22 May 2014.
This article written by Feargus OSullivan, a journalist, author, and copywriter with
experience of writing for many newspapers in Europe, wrote about the banning of cars
for a day in Paris. He stated reasons why the car restriction took place and what came out
of it. The air pollution in the city of Paris got so bad that the French government took the
action to ban even-numbered license plates hoping to reduce the amount of pollutants
released into the air. PM-10 pollution dropped by 6 percent and road traffic dropped by
18 percent. I used this article as my second solution to show that although banning cars
may show some effort in reducing air pollution it is not the best solution out there.
Wald, Matthew L. "Emissions Rules Put Alternative-Fuel Vehicles in a Bind."The New York
Times. The New York Times, 02 Apr. 2013. Web. 1 June 2014.
Matthew L Wald is a reporter at The New York Times and has been writing about energy
topics for about 30 years. In his article, he states that because of the emissions rules,
alternative fuels will have a hard time keeping up. He also says that the government can
promote new alternatives, but cannot further accelerate its progress if the technology
associated is either too expensive or not adequate to the needs of the consumers.