Section I: Value Conflicts and their Influence
on Environmental Policy
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Classes
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Readings
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8/22
8/24
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Introduction
 | Challenges of making envtl. policy |
| Envtl. governance: actors & institutions |
| Science, human values, and public policy |
| We’ve come a long way but there is work to be done |
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| R: Ch. 1, 1 – 49 |
| H: Ch. 1, 1 – 28 |
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8/27
8/29
8/31
9/3 (no class)
9/5
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Human Values
and Envtl. Problems
| Problem framing/Problem solving |
| Causes of envtl. problems |
| Values, norms, and ethics |
| Envtl. justice |
| ELF |
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| H: Ch. 3, 51 – 89 |
| H: Ch. 8, 206 – 225 |
| Issue 6 (RES) |
| Handouts |
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9/7 9/10 9/12 |
Common Pool Resources
(CPRs)
| CPRs |
| Population control |
| Property rights |
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| "Tragedy of the Commons" (RES) |
| Lorax (R) |
| Issue 7 (RES) |
| H: Ch. 9, 226 – 248 |
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9/14
9/17
9/19
9/21
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Preservation vs.
Multiple Use
| Conflicts over multiple uses |
| Conflicting federal/state policies |
| Forest protection vs. harvest |
| Endangered species act |
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| R: Ch. 9, 297 – 333 |
| Issue 3 (RES) |
| Handouts |
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Section II: Formulating, Implementing, and
Evaluating Environmental Policy
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9/24
9/26 |
Policy Process
| Basic stages of the policy process |
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| R: Ch. 2, 50 – 96 |
| H: Ch. 5, 119 – 149 |
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9/28
10/1
10/3
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Actors
and Institutions
| Political ecosystem |
| Federalism |
| Governance vs. government |
| Advocacy coalitions and interest groups |
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| R: Ch. 3, 97 – 121 |
| Handouts |
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10/5
10/8
10/10
10/12 (no class)
10/15
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Governing is
Choosing
| Use of science and risk assessment |
| C-B analysis |
| Different policy instruments |
| Garbage-can model |
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| R: Ch. 4, 122 – 156 |
| R: Ch. 5, 157 – 177 |
| Issue 14 (RES) |
| Handouts |
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10/17
10/19
10/22
10/24
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Role of Science
| Scientific vs. time and place information |
| Trans science problems |
| Focusing events/agenda setting and the role the media plays |
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| R: Ch. 7, 223 – 260 |
| Issue 4 (RES) |
| Handouts |
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Section III: Exploring Selected Environmental
Issues and Problems
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10/26
10/29
10/31
11/2
11/5
11/7
11/9
11/12 |
Land
Development and its Impact on Water Quality
| Point vs. nonpoint pollution |
| Command and control vs. other policy instruments |
| Pollutants and sources of water quality problems |
| Urban sprawl |
| Tyranny of small decisions |
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11/14 11/16 11/19
11/26
11/28
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Energy Policy
| Fossil fuels |
| Nuclear energy and waste disposal |
| Exploring for energy on public lands |
| Drilling in ANWR? |
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| R: Ch. 8, 261 – 296 |
| R: Ch. 9, 314 – 319 |
| Issue 15 (RES) |
| ANWR background (RES) |
| Energy readings (RES) |
| Bush Energy Policy (W) |
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11/30
12/3
12/5 |
Global Warming
| What the science tells us |
| What can be done? What should be done? |
| The challenge of making policy to address this "problem" |
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| R: Ch. 10, 334 – 364 |
| H: Ch. 4, 90 – 118 |
| Issue 18 (RES) |
| Handouts |
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12/7
12/10
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Biotechnology and
the Human Genome
| Is biotechnology the solution to problems or the cause of new problems |
| Values/ethics problems |
| How do you govern the use of science and technology? |
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| Issue 16 (RES) |
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12/12
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| Course evaluations |
| Review for final exam |
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