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  • Essay / Article Analysis: “Environmental Group Aims to Stop Work...

    In his article “Environmental Group Aims to Stop Work on Power Plant,” Tom Parsons reports on two anonymous environmental groups who are asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to order that all work on a new power plant cease until more extensive environmental studies are completed. This article is written in the style of the inverted pyramid (interesting use of a related term). This style presents the most important information first, drawing readers to headlines and first paragraphs, and also allowing editors to remove content from the bottom of articles to accommodate the space needs of print media. In the article about the power plant, all the most basic facts are presented in the first paragraph. "Two environmental groups have asked a federal court to halt work on a coal-fired power plant near Fulton in southwest Arkansas, arguing that no proper assessment of the plant's effect on valuable wetlands has never been realized." (Parsons 1). This single paragraph answers the who, what, why and where. The following paragraphs flesh out these elements and present viewpoints from both sides of the issue, in order to ...