Environmental Politics and Policy 12/e

Walter A. Rosenbaum is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Florida and director emeritus of the University of Florida's Bob Graham Center for Public Service. His recent activities include an analysis of the EPA's capacity for climate change regulation, prepared for the Brookings Institution; an examination of the data requirements for a new Federal Environmental Legacy Act; preparation of an energy policy text for CQ Press; and an analysis of U.S.energy governance for MIT Press. He has also served as a staff member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and an adjunct professor in the School of Public Health, Tulane University Medical College. In addition to his teaching and research, he has been a consultant to the EPA, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the South Florida Ecosystem (Everglades) Restoration Project. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for Environmental Studies and Sciences.

Figures, Tables, Boxes, and Maps Preface About the Author Chapter 1: After Earth Day "Frack, Baby, Frack" America's Environmental Legacy The Evolution of U.S. Environmentalism Ongoing Challenges: Present and Future Plan for the Book Conclusion Chapter 2: Making Policy: The Process Protecting the Bee: The Pathways of Policy The Policy Cycle Constitutional Constraints Incrementalism Interest Group Politics The Environmental Movement: Confronting the Challenge of Change Environmentalism and Its Critics The Public and Environmentalism The Special Place of Science in Policymaking Conclusion Chapter 3: Making Policy: Governmental Institutions and Politics The Water War Called WOTUS The Presidency Congress: Too Much Check, Too Little Balance The Bureaucracy: Power Through Implementation The Courts: The Role of Appraisal The Political Environment of Environmental Policymaking Conclusion Chapter 4: Common Policy Challenges: Risk Assessment and Environmental Justice A Toxic Nightmare From Toyland? Risk Assessment and the Limits of Science Risk Assessment Reconsidered: The Precautionary Principle Risk and Discrimination: The Problem of Environmental Justice Conclusion Chapter 5: More Choice: The Battle Over Regulatory Economics The Benefit-Cost Debate Regulation Strategies: Command and Control Versus the Marketplace Conclusion Chapter 6: Command and Control in Action: Air and Water Pollution Regulation The Politics of Command-and-Control Regulation Regulating Air Quality Current Controversies in Air-Quality Regulation Regulating Water Quality Drinking Water Conclusion Chapter 7: A Regulatory Thicket: Toxic and Hazardous Substances Toxic and Expensive: The Stringfellow Waste Site The Growth of Federal Toxics Regulation Federal Law: Toxics Regulation From the Cradle to the Grave? Conclusion Chapter 8: Energy: America's Energy Politics in Transformation The Foundation: A Fossil Fuel Nation Petroleum: A Revived Economy Natural Gas and the Gas "Boom" Coal: The Promise and Perils of Abundance Fossil Fuel Alternatives: Nuclear Power and Renewable Energy Conclusion Chapter 9: 635 Million Acres of Politics: The Contested Resources of Public Lands The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Public Land Politics at a Boil The Department in the Middle The Public Lands Conflicts Over Multiple Use The Fate of the Forests How Much Wilderness Is Enough? Conclusion Chapter 10: The Politics and Policy of Global Climate Change: A New Era of Climate Policy Science and Climate Warming The Domestic Politics of Climate Change The Difficult Quest for an International Climate Agreement Deadlock Over Domestic Climate Emission Controls The Uncertain Future of U.S. Climate Policy Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes Index