ENV S 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: South African Americans, The Takeaway, Ethnic Groups In Indonesia
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Both parties considered environmentalism: low risk high reward. 37 point program 23 pieces of legislation 14 articles enterprise. Can do what it wants (lots of power) First 60 days, 5 times as many environmental actions as any other agency. Clean air act of 1970: setting standards for pollutants. Ineffective prior to clean air act to limit pollution in air. Know more what is going on on the ground. Establishes naaqs = national ambient air quality standards for. State will then create gameplan to fix it. First enviro law that include provision for regular people to bring legal action against gov. Involves scientists and lawyers (get involved in policy process) More wealth, willing to pay for clean soil, air. Complete boycott of economic motive of profits over environmentalism. All products we buy have detrimental effects. More than food (t. v. , books, furniture, etc. ) Until wwi, most americans produced little trash. Merchants continued to sell most food, hardware, and cleaning products in bulk.
