Unit VII Essay

Weight: 12% of course grade
Grading Rubric
Due: Tuesday, 06/11/2019 11:59 PM (CST)

Instructions
In this unit, you became familiar with environmental sustainability effortsby industry including conventional and new renewable energy alternatives.
For this assignment, you will write an essay describing a fossil fuel(coal, oil, or natural gas), a conventional energy alternative (nuclear power,bioenergy, or hydroelectric power), and a renewable energy source (solar orwind). There may be other types of energy sources in each category, but onlychoose one from each category that is listed.
In your essay, describe each of your three selected energy sources. Be sureto mention if you are discussing the energy source as an electricity source oras an overall energy source. For instance, natural gas can be used for heat bysimple combustion or can be used for electricity by heating water to steam andthen using the steam to turn a turbine generator.
Your essay should address the following for each of your threeenergy sources:

impact on the environment and ecosystems,
conservation strategies,
energy use,
environmental policies related to pollution prevention,
energy options for industry, and
power company initiatives related to sustainability.

Your essay should be at least three pages in length, not counting the titleor reference pages. Support your essay with at least two academic articlesfrom the CSU Online Library. The articles that you select from the CSU OnlineLibrary should have been published no earlier than 2000. In addition to yourtwo academic sources, you may also use the textbook and other sources tosupport your essay. Be sure to properly cite and reference all sources usingAPA format.