ENSC 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scientific Method, Resource Management, Environmental Degradation
16 Dec 2016
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Hansen vs. white house; climate change denial. Policymaking = process with many related decisions coming from different. Reading 1 rosenbaum chapter 2 institutions/actors across federal gov(cid:495)t and private institutions. Policy = (cid:494)a course of action or inaction rather than a specific decision or action(cid:495) Environmental policy making volatile mix of scientists and politicians; controversy. Implementation: agenda setting; politics of getting problems to government, formulation and legitimation. Impact and reformulation impact assessment: termination. The environmental movement; confronting the challenge of change. Regulatory federalism; state governments often impose federally enforced obligations. Politicians need profitable business for the economy, so listen to business lobbies. Checks and balances division of power. Interest group politics mainly businesses secure access to government. Environmentalism(cid:495)s enlarging access: epa anti-pollution work seldom valued because it(cid:495)s not new, humans = part of nature; they(cid:495)re ethically responsible for preservation, and ultimately, humans are vulnerable to humans(cid:495) consequences. Deep ecologists all life forms are equal; fundamental lifestyle and political changes .
