Environmental Policy in the 1980s
Author | : Norman J. Vig |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Norman J. Vig |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
Publisher | : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; [Washington, D.C. : sold by OECD Publications and Information Center] |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 62 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Environmental policy |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Yasuko Kameyama |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2016-11-25 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1317559428 |
Amidst growing environmental concerns worldwide, Japan is seen as particularly vulnerable to the effects of changing climate. This book considers Japan’s response to the climate change problem from the late 1980s up to the present day, assessing how the Japanese government’s policy-making process has developed over time. From the early days of climate change policy in Japan, through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conferences and Kyoto Protocol, right up to the 2015 negotiations, the book examines the environmental, economic, and political factors that have shaped policy. As the 2015 Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change projects forward beyond 2020, the book concludes by analyzing how Japan has placed itself in the global climate change debate and how the country might and should respond to the problem in the future, based on the findings from accumulated history.
Author | : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Environment Committee |
Publisher | : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; [Washington, D.C. : Sold by OECD Publications Center] |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Ecology |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Environmental policy |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James Morton Turner |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2018-11-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674979974 |
Not long ago, Republicans could take pride in their party’s tradition of environmental leadership. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the GOP helped to create the Environmental Protection Agency, extend the Clean Air Act, and protect endangered species. Today, as Republicans denounce climate change as a “hoax” and seek to dismantle the environmental regulatory state they worked to build, we are left to wonder: What happened? In The Republican Reversal, James Morton Turner and Andrew C. Isenberg show that the party’s transformation began in the late 1970s, with the emergence of a new alliance of pro-business, libertarian, and anti-federalist voters. This coalition came about through a concerted effort by politicians and business leaders, abetted by intellectuals and policy experts, to link the commercial interests of big corporate donors with states’-rights activism and Main Street regulatory distrust. Fiscal conservatives embraced cost-benefit analysis to counter earlier models of environmental policy making, and business tycoons funded think tanks to denounce federal environmental regulation as economically harmful, constitutionally suspect, and unchristian, thereby appealing to evangelical views of man’s God-given dominion of the Earth. As Turner and Isenberg make clear, the conservative abdication of environmental concern stands out as one of the most profound turnabouts in modern American political history, critical to our understanding of the GOP’s modern success. The Republican reversal on the environment is emblematic of an unwavering faith in the market, skepticism of scientific and technocratic elites, and belief in American exceptionalism that have become the party’s distinguishing characteristics.
Author | : Richard J. Lazarus |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 2008-09-15 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0226470644 |
The unprecedented expansion in environmental regulation over the past thirty years—at all levels of government—signifies a transformation of our nation's laws that is both palpable and encouraging. Environmental laws now affect almost everything we do, from the cars we drive and the places we live to the air we breathe and the water we drink. But while enormous strides have been made since the 1970s, gaps in the coverage, implementation, and enforcement of the existing laws still leave much work to be done. In The Making of Environmental Law, Richard J. Lazarus offers a new interpretation of the past three decades of this area of the law, examining the legal, political, cultural, and scientific factors that have shaped—and sometimes hindered—the creation of pollution controls and natural resource management laws. He argues that in the future, environmental law must forge a more nuanced understanding of the uncertainties and trade-offs, as well as the better-organized political opposition that currently dominates the federal government. Lazarus is especially well equipped to tell this story, given his active involvement in many of the most significant moments in the history of environmental law as a litigator for the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division, an assistant to the Solicitor General, and a member of advisory boards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the World Wildlife Fund, and the Environmental Defense Fund. Ranging widely in his analysis, Lazarus not only explains why modern environmental law emerged when it did and how it has evolved, but also points to the ambiguities in our current situation. As the field of environmental law "grays" with middle age, Lazarus's discussions of its history, the lessons learned from past legal reforms, and the challenges facing future lawmakers are both timely and invigorating.