Extended Annotated Bibliography

As the preparation to create my own public argument continues, I will construct a listing of sources that I will format into an annotated bibliography. The sources I will list will help give information about, if not answer, the questions I stated in my previous post titled, "Narrowing My Focus." Keep in mind, these sources are about the issue over geoengineering and why some are advocating while some also protesting.

niekverlaan. "Protest Group Of People Mass Crowd." 09/21/2014 via pixabay. Public Domain Dedication.

[1] Gumbel, A., 2015, "Drought blamers: California conspiracists see government's hand in arid climate," The Guardian, "http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/26/california-drought-conspiracy-theories-geoengineering-climate," [accessed 10/22/2015].

This source gives information about how people are banding together to tell people that the government has something to do with California's drought. Andrew Gumbel of The Guardian presents several sources, namely Dane Wigington a solar power contractor, who believe that the drought is being caused by the government using methods of geoengineering. This article can serve as the strange sources for possible use in my public argument.

[2] Aulakh, R., 2015, "Is David Keith's climate solution genius or madness?", The Star, "http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2015/09/27/is-david-keiths-climate-solution-genius-or-madness.html," [accessed 10/22/2015].

Raveena Aulakh of The Star presents an article focused on the ideas of climate scientist, David Keith. Of course telling from the article, this source would be a great additive to use in my public argument over geoengineering. This article presents the good and the bad, the skepticism and the support. Examples are also given of other geoengineering ideas different than those of Keith.

[3] Follett, A., 2015, "Feds: Fracking Still Doesn't Cause Significant Earthquakes," The Daily Caller: News Foundation, "http://dailycaller.com/2015/10/22/usgs-fracking-still-doesnt-cause-significant-earthquakes/," [accessed 10/22/2015].

This article is a great source to compare to the article on the conspiracies beginning with people stating that the government is causing the drought in California. Fracking is a method of geoengineering and is highly controversial in that many say it does cause a high risk of earthquakes. This source may give good information that I use in my public argument to state that fracking indeed does not cause earthquakes or any other major, maybe even minor, problems to the earth's crust.

[4] Wines, M., 2015, "Oklahoma Recognizes Role of Drilling in Earthquakes," The New York Times, "http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/22/us/oklahoma-acknowledges-wastewater-from-oil-and-gas-wells-as-major-cause-of-quakes.html?_r=0," [accessed 10/23/2015].


This article will pair nicely to the article that claims that fracking does not cause significant earthquakes. The article presents data in that earthquakes in Oklahoma are being linked to fracking based on the thoughts of people there. There is no hard evidence to suggest a correlation but no one can rule out the possibility. This article would work great in a comparison piece with the article that claims that fracking is not harmful and the article that claims that the government has something to do with the drought in California.


[5] Goldenberg, S., 2015, "Fight climate change for global stability, say US defense and diplomacy elite," The Guardian, "http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/22/fight-climate-change-for-global-stability-says-us-defence-and-diplomacy-leaders," [accessed 10/23/2015].

Suzanne Goldenberg of The Guardian is the site's US environment correspondent and in this article, she gives information about how top US governmental officials are calling for a fight on climate change, which may or may not be in reference to geoengineering. This article can serve as a minor source in my public argument, but there is not much information to draw a big conclusion from.


[6] Toomey, D., 2015, "One Scientist's Hopeful View On How To Repair The Planet," The Huffington Post, "http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/one-scientists-hopeful-view-on-how-to-repair-the-planet_5623bcd5e4b08589ef47bf22," [accessed 10/23/2015].

This article by Diane Toomey on the hopefulness of planetary repair can be a great source to use in my public argument. Mr. Johan Rockstrom, executive director of the Stockholm Resilience Center and author of the book, Big World, Small Planet, states that our planet can be repaired and what humans can do to help. He is interviewed by the Yale Environment 360 and the interview is the basis for the organization in the article. Charts are included in the article and can be very useful for use in my argument.