Environmental Policy Flashcards
Free Riders
The one in Tragedy of the Commons scenario that selfishly takes advantage of the others for personal gain.
Why is Environmental Policy unpopular?
Land Takings
Zoning Regulations
Business leniency/strictness
Permitting/Building
Environmental Policy
A formal set of rules and regulations designed to address problems and direct decisions
What branch do the Administrative Agencies come from?
Executive Branch - The President
Grassroots Organization
An influential small group organization that attempt to persuade their congressmen/women to initiate laws for their benefit.
Lobbyist
An influential group that is paid by corporations to lobby, congressmen/women to make rules to benefit the corporation.
NOAA
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
CDC
Center for Disease Control
ATSDR
Agency for Toxic Substances and Diseases Registry
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
14th Amendment
Keeps a state from denying any one person to ‘equal protection of the law’
5th Amendment
Private Property shall not be taken without just compensation (Taking clause)
The First Era mainly addressed…
Public Land Management
Homestead Act of 1862
For $16 a family could have 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years
Western Expansion
Oklahoma land rush/Indian Dispersal
What were the Land Grant Universities?
Cal, OSU, LSU, A&M, MSU, Penn State, CSU
What was the first national park?
Yellowstone
During the Second Era (1873-1962) the US government began
Enacting protection laws for the land of the west due to environmental blunders (because of rise in population)
The third era (1962-now) begins with
Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring
Social change starts active protesting that leads to
Changes in Federal Law
Third Era Disasters
Exxon Valdez Spill
Cuyahoga River
Three Mile Island
Customary Law
From a particular country’s culture
Conventional Law
From conventions or treaties from multinational conferences. Generally led by the UN, EU, or the WTO
The World Bank
Largest source worldwide for economic development
Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)
Advocacy groups such as Greenpeace, Sierra Club, and the World Wide Fund
Command and Control approach
Where rules and limitations threaten punishment for violating parties
What are forms of government intervention?
Subsidies and Green Taxes
Subsidy
Giving of government funds to encourage a particular activity. Could go either way.
Green Taxes
Government taking corporations/individuals for harming the environment.
