ENVI 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gaylord Nelson, Earth Day, National Environmental Policy Act
1 Feb 2017
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Sometimes, but not always, the costs of monitoring and enforcing regulations are higher in a top-down system than in a decentralized system. *there is no one size fits all solution to policy problems* Policy entrepreneurs will emerge to defend themselves/their rights (self/special interest) Policy shocks 9/11, hurricane katrina shocked everyone and policy emerged from it. Designing and drafting goals & strategies: policy legitimization. Mobilizing political support and enactment: policy implementation. Put into effect with institutions and admin: policy evaluation. Measure results compared to costs and benefits: policy change. Population bomb and tragedy of the commons (1968) 3rd largest us oil spill (1st at the time) 1970s: the year of environmentalism : formulating and legitimizing policy. 1960s = planning stage 1970s = legitimizing stage. Makes all of the determinations of how environmental impact statements work since nepa was ambiguous, pceq determined a lot of things bc congress has no oversight over this office.
