ENVI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Donora, Pennsylvania, 1948 Donora Smog, Student Engagement
8 Feb 2017
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Sustainability is not just about protecting the environment. Local knowledge is very important to policymaking. They worry about short-term issues, but sustainability community action involves long-term benefits. Found that most places care about economic development, less than half prioritized environmental protection, only 26% care about social equity. The places where most people live (smaller towns) are the places that acted the least on this. Energy projects taken on my governments are the easy things (energy efficient appliances), very few are doing the hard things (installing geothermal systems) Killer smog donora, pennsylvania into webster, pennsylvania. It wasn"t just one town"s problem, it affected a nearby town. 1950/60s federal government fixed big issues through small acts point sources. More complex problems: land use planning, nonpoint source pollution. Local and central governments were co-producing policies for cleanup. They are seeing the impact of climate change. You have to pay based on how much you waste.
