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@CT:Contents @CT:Preface 00 1 Introduction: Defining Problems in U.S. Environmental Politics 1</B> Two Critical Features of U.S. Environmental Policymaking 1 Major Actors in Environmental Policymaking 9 The Environmental Policymaking Process 15 Case Selection 18 Getting the Most Out of the Cases 21 Notes 21 Recommended Reading 25 @H1:Part 1 Tackling the Issue of Pollution</B> 2 The Nation Tackles Pollution: The Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts 26</B> Background 27 The Case 29 Outcomes 46 Conclusions 48 Questions to Consider 49 Notes 49 Recommended Reading 52 Web Sites 53 3 Love Canal: Hazardous Waste and the Politics of Fear 54</B> Background 55 The Case 57 Outcomes 71 Conclusions 74 Questions to Consider 76 Notes 76 Recommended Reading 80 Web Sites 80 4 Government Secrets at Rocky Flats 81</B> Background 83 The Case 86 Outcomes 98 Conclusions 99 Questions to Consider 101 Notes 101 Recommended Reading 104 Web Sites 104 5 Community Activism and Environmental Justice: The Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative 105</B> Background 107 The Case 109 Outcomes 123 Conclusions 124 Questions to Consider 126 Notes 126 Recommended Reading 129 Web Sites 129 H1:Part 2 History, Changing Values, and Resource Management on Public Lands</B> 6 Oil Versus Wilderness in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 130</B> Background 131 The Case 135 Outcomes 151 Conclusions 152 Questions to Consider 154 Notes 154 Recommended Reading 158 Web Sites 158 7 Federal Grazing Policy: Some Things Never Change 159</B> Background 160 The Case 166 Outcomes 181 Conclusions 183 Questions to Consider 185 Notes 185 Recommended Reading 190 Web Sites 190 8 Jobs Versus the Environment: Saving the Northern Spotted Owl 191</B> Background 193 The Case 195 Outcomes 213 Conclusions 216 Questions to Consider 217 Notes 218 Recommended Reading 222 Web Sites 222 9 Playground or Paradise? Snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park 223</B> Background 225 The Case 228 Outcomes 243 Conclusions 244 Questions to Consider 246 Notes 246 @H1:Part 3 Addressing Commons Problems</B> 10 Crisis in the New England Fisheries 251</B> Background 252 The Case 254 Outcomes 270 Conclusions 272 Questions to Consider 274 Notes 274 Recommended Reading 277 Web Sites 277 11 Climate Change: The Challenges of International Environmental Policymaking 278</B> Background 280 The Case 283 Outcomes 303 Conclusions 305 Questions to Consider 307 Notes 307 Recommended Reading 312 Web Sites 312 12 Trade Versus the Environment: Dolphins, Turtles, and Global Economic Expansion 313</B> Background 315 The Case 317 Outcomes 337 Conclusions 340 Questions to Consider 341 Notes 341 Recommended Reading 345 Web Sites 345 Part 4 Antienvironmental Backlash and New Approaches</B> 13 Backlash: Wise Use, Property Rights, and the Antienvironmental Movement 346</B> Background 348 The Case 352 Outcomes 365 Conclusions 368 Questions to Consider 369 Notes 370 Recommended Reading 374 Web Sites 374 14 Market-Based Solutions: Acid Rain and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 375</B> Background 376 The Case 378 Outcomes 392 Conclusions 397 Questions to Consider 398 Notes 399 Recommended Reading 403 Web Sites 403 15 Ecosystem-Based Solutions: Restoring the Florida Everglades 404</B> Background 406 The Case 410 Outcomes 426 Conclusions 428 Questions to Consider 430 Notes 431 Recommended Reading 435 Web Sites 435 16 Local Collaborative Problem Solving: Using Habitat Conservation Plans to Save Southern California's Endangered Landscape 436</B> Background 437 The Case 440 Outcomes 456 Conclusions 458 Questions to Consider 460 Notes 460 Recommended Reading 465 Web Sites 465 17 Making Tradeoffs: Urban Sprawl and the Evolving System of Growth Management in Portland, Oregon 466</B> Background 469 The Case 471 Outcomes 484 Conclusions 485 Questions to Consider 487 Notes 487 Recommended Reading 490 Web Sites 490 18 Conclusions: Politics, Values, and Environmental Policy Change 491</B> The Strength of the Status Quo 491 Legislative Policy Change 492 Administrative Policy Change 497 Acknowledging the Role of Values 499 Notes 500 Index 00</B>
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Environmental policy -- United States -- Case studies.