Role: Researcher
Audience: Mayor and City Council
of City XYZ
Format: Letter
Topic: Mountaintop Removal
Assignment: The mayor and city
council of city XYZ are debating selling a piece of land to a mountaintop
removal company. Utilizing class notes and personal research, write a letter to
the mayor and city council of the city as a researcher either in support or
opposition of mountaintop removal in city XYZ. Use and explain at least three
definitions from class notes and at least one outside source to support your
argument. Regardless of your position, include at least one pro and one con to
mountaintop removal for the city.
Dear Mayor and City Council of
City XYZ,
The purpose of this letter is
to convey my research findings regarding mountaintop removal. Although there
are benefits of mountaintop removal for our community, such as the creation of
new jobs, the benefits do not outweigh the risks. First and foremost, I am
concerned about the level of pollution that
would result from mountaintop removal. Pollution is the contamination of air,
water, and land by a substance or substances that have harmful effects. Studies
have shown decreases in water, air, and land quality surrounding mountaintop
removal sites. Secondly, the process and effects of mountaintop removal will
drastically reduce the biodiversity,
or diversity among plant and animal species, in our area. Third, mountaintop
removal also requires deforestation,
which is the cutting down of trees (Perk, 2010, n.p.).
It is my suggestion that the
city should prohibit mountaintop removal in our area. I would also suggest that
the city consider renewable sources of energy, such as windmills. I believe,
like mountaintop removal, that the production of wind energy would bring new
jobs to our area. Furthermore, by preventing the mountaintop removal company
from buying the city’s property, city XYZ can ensure the cleanliness of our
air, water, and land for current and future populations.
Thank you for your concern,
Rikki Miller
Researcher
Work Cited
Perk, R. (2010). Mountaintop
Removal: Farewell to Forests. Retrieved from http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/rperks/mountaintop_removal_farewell_t.html
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