Answers to environmental issues are not black and white. Debates around policy are often among those with fundamentally different values, and the way that problems and solutions are defined plays a ce
Since the 1970s, conservative activists have invoked free markets and distrust of thefederal government as part of a concerted effort to roll back environmental regulations. They havepromoted a powerf
Since the 1970s, conservative activists have invoked free markets and distrust of thefederal government as part of a concerted effort to roll back environmental regulations. They havepromoted a powerf
Scholars, scientists, and policymakers have hailed ecosystem-based management (EBM)as a remedy for the perceived shortcomings of the centralized, top-down, expert-driven environmentalregulatory framew
Scholars, scientists, and policymakers have hailed ecosystem-based management (EBM)as a remedy for the perceived shortcomings of the centralized, top-down, expert-driven environmentalregulatory framew
This text consists of 16 cases illustrating how environmental policies evolve in the US, considered from the perspective of political science and addressing the importance of values, ideas, and inform
The vast majority of scientists agree that human activity has significantly increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere—most dramatically since the 1970s. In February 2007 the Intergovernmenta