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I. Environmental Problems and Politics
A. Perspectives on Environmental Problems
1. Scientific Knowledge and Its Use
2. Economics and Incentives
3. Environmental Values and Ethics
B. The Role of Government and Politics
1. Defining Environmental Policy
2. Policy Typologies
3. Public Policy Responses
C. Historical Framework for Environmental Protection
1. From the Colonial Period to 1900
2. Progressive Reforms and Conservationism: 1900 - 1945
3. Recreation and the Age of Ecology: Post World War II to 1969
4. Earth Days and Deregulation: 1970 - present
5. Global Awareness and Gridlock: 1993 to the present
D. Principles, methodologies, value systems and ethics employed in social scientific
inquiry related to environmental research.
II. Participants in the Environmental Debate
A. U.S. environmental organizations
B. The Environmental Justice Movement
C. Radical environmentalism
D. Environmental opposition in the United States
E. The Role of the media and public opinion
F. Global Green political parties
G. International governmental organizations
H. Transnational advocacy networks
III. Environmental Policy-Making
A. The Policy Process Model
1. Agenda Setting
2. Policy Formulation
3. Policy Adoption
4. Policy Implementation
5. Policy Evaluation
6. Policy Change
B. The Role of the Executive Branch
C. Congressional Policy-Making
D. Courts and Environmental Policy
E. State and Local Policy Making
F. The EPA's Organization, Budget and Jurisdiction
IV. Public Lands Debate
A. Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Management of Public Lands
B. U.S. Forest Policy
C. Battles over Wilderness
D. Grazing Rights
E. Mining Law and Public Lands
F. Private Property and Public Lands
G. The Endangered Species Act
V. Waste and Toxics Issues
A. The Nature of Waste: Generation and Disposal
B. Hazardous Waste
C. Toxic Chemicals and Health Effects
D. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and Superfund
E. The Toxic Substances Control Act
F. Nuclear Waste
VI. Energy Policies
A. The Energy Pie
B. Corporate Average Fuel Economay (CAFÉ) Standards
C. Energy Policy Cycles
1. Carter's National Energy Plan
2. Reagan's Deregulation of Energy
3. The Bush's Administration National Energy Strategy
4. Energy Policy under the Clinton Administration
5. Energy Policy Under George Bush and Barack Obama
6. State and Local Energy Initiatives
D. Energy Use and Climate Change
VII. The Politics of Water
A. Trends in Water Use
B. Water Resource Management in the United States
C. Wetlands Protection
D. Water Quality
1. Pollution of Surface Waters
2. Drinking Water Quality
3. Toxic Contamination
E. The Clean Water Act
F. The Safe Drinking Water Act
VIII. Air Quality: Pollution and Solutions
A. Sources of Air Pollution
B. Indoor Air Quality
C. Acid Precipitation
D. The Clean Air Act
E. The Clear Skies Initiative
F. Transboundary Air Pollution
G. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and Stratospheric Ozone Layer
IX. Endangered Species and Biodiversity
A. Endangered Species
B. The Endangered Species Act
C. Wildlife Policy
D. Biodiversity Loss and Implications
E. International Biodiversity Agreements and Policies
X. The Global Commons
A. The Atmosphere
B. Global Climate Change
C. Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
D. U.S. Oceans Policy
E. Global Oceans Policy
F. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
XI. Population and Sustainability
A. Trends in Growth Rates and Projected Population Increases
B. Population and Sustainable Development
C. The Role of the United States
D. Global Population and Sustainability Efforts
XII. Emerging Environmental Issues for the Twenty-First Century
A. Climate Justice
B. Environmental Disasters
C. E-Waste
D. Environmental Policy Toward Sustainable Development
1. President's Council on Sustainable Development
2. Sustainable Development at State and Local Levels
3. Business and the Environment
4. Citizens and the Environment
E. International Environmental Institutions and Policies
F. Global Environmental Policy Issues
1. Climate Change
2. Protection of Biological Diversity
3. Population Growth and Economic Development