A policy memo analyzes a public policy problem and makes recommendations about how to solve that problem. It is written with a particular audience in mind- this audience is often a policymaker such as an elected official or director of a government agency, but it can also be written for an organization outside govemment (like Greenpeace) or for the media and general public.
For this assignment, you will write a policy memo on an issue related to the topics discussed in this class: energy policy and physics. You will complete this assignment in two parts, as explained below.
PART 1: DUE TUESDAY, February 5th, 2019
Identify and summarize the topic of your policy memo.
Choose a science &for energy policy issue related to physics that interests you. The topic of your memo is very important, so do some research and think carefully about it. You should choose a specific issue that is of interest to you, that you can understand, that you can find adequate information about, and that is actually a question with different possible answers. For example, should we drill for oil off the shore of Florida? Should the EPA set CO2 emissions limits? Should Japan re-start nuclear power plants? Should power companies pay wholesale or retail rates to buy solar power from customers? Should Amazon cover all of its warehouses in solar panels?
For this part of the assignment, you need to cite one source of information on this topic. This source can be a newspaper article, radio interview, or credible internet source. Some possible sources are listed below. For the actual written memo (Part II), you will need to use a broader and deeper range of sources.
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