ENVI 230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-100: James Hansen, Environmental Degradation, Environmental Policy
8 Feb 2017
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An evolving technology special tools used to capture resources locked in deep sedimentary layers. Contested environmental impacts health risks and ecological damage. Politics: neighbor against neighbor, government versus government royalty income for property owners sets neighbors against each other. Us is committed to numerous regional and international treaties. But the environment still remains significantly degraded. Environmentalism is no longer contemporary we need to maintain envi issues as a priority. Presidential election of obama & environmental history from the 1970s. Chapter 2: making policy- the process (jan 26) Bush administration downplayed info concerning global warming. Controlled the flow of scientific information from nasa good science cannot exist in na atmosphere of intimidation . James hansen (from nasa) confronted bush administration about this. Policy making is a process (hansen controversy proves this) Involves a number of related decisions originating from different institutions and actors ranging across the whole domain of the fed govy and private institutions.
