American politics and the environment / / Byron W. Daynes, Glen Sussman, and Jonathan P. West.
Changing our environmental policy has been at the forefront of many political discussions. But how can we make this change come about? In American Politics and the Environment, Second Edition, Byron W. Daynes, Glen Sussman and Jonathan P. West argue it is critical that we must understand the politic...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Albany, New York : : State University of New York Press,, 2016. ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- The American political setting and the environment
- American federalism and environmental politics
- Case study : climate change and sea- level rise in South Florida
- Personal profile : Mary Nichols and Carb : environmental champions
- Public opinion, interest groups, and the environment
- Case study : interest groups activism and the place of wolves in the Rocky Mountain regions
- Case study : climate change and public opinion
- Personal profile : Robert F Kennedy Jr
- Congress, the legislative process, and the environment
- Case study : cap and trade : failure to pass a climate bill
- Personal profile : Senator Susan Collins: environmental defender
- The environmental presidency
- Personal profile : FDR and the "golden age"
- Case study : leaving a legacy
- Barack Obama and climate change
- Executive agencies and the environment
- Personal profile : Steven Chu : the scientist in charge
- Case study : EPA regulations and carbon emissions
- The environmental court
- Personal profile : the environment : friend and supporter vs. a "slash-and-burn opponent"
- Case study: the court and those dam fish : TVA vs. Hill
- Case study : climate crisis is real, Mr. Limbaugh, real!
- The global environment
- Case study : biodiversity and endangered species
- Guest essay / Christina Slentz
- American politics and the environment : conclusion.