IES 440 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Homestead Acts, Nature Reserve, Environmental Policy
12 Feb 2018
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Definition of environmental law and policy: us eof public authority to protect the natural environment and human health from the impacts of pollution and development, flaws: boring and does not capture why environmental law matters. Two distinct fields of environmental law: pollution law, natural resource law. History of environmental law: natural resources, love affair with nature is recent, up until recently people viewed the wilderness as dangerous and affronting society, dates back to banishment of adam and eve and harsh land, Moses lost for 40 days and where jesus was tempted by the devil: biblical land is harsh and unforgiving; a test of faith, folk traditions also repeated this harsh environment, brothers grimm stories, hansel and gretel. Expansionists exploiting seemingly endless natural resources: homestead acts- land from public to private interest. Giving land to people if they made productive use out of it. John muir founder of sierra club led the emergeance of preservation focused environment movement.
