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Environmental Science: A Global Concern, 7/e

William P. Cunningham, University of Minnesota
Mary Ann Cunningham, Vassar College
Barbara Woodworth Saigo, St. Cloud State University

Environmental Policy, Law, and Planning

Essay Quiz


1		Identify two policy-making models you studied, and describe the basic differences between them.



2		Explain the role of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and summarize its basic provisions.



3		Describe the main differences among statute law, case law, and administrative law.



4		Outline the steps by which a bill becomes a law.



5		Briefly describe the central responsibilities of the (a) EPA, (b) Department of Interior, and (c) Department of Agriculture.



6		The House/Senate conference committee receives more criticism than other steps of the legislative process. Why?



7		Think of an issue of great importance to you. Assume that it is highly controversial, however, and unlikely to be passed into law on its own. A senator, friendly to your idea, sits on a conference committee and has an opportunity to attach your issue to a funding bill certain to pass. Would you urge her to do so or not? Explain.



8		How should a federal agency manage a public lands issue in which the regional interest differs from the national interest (wilderness designation, mining law reform, and so forth)?



9		Visit the Current Global Environmental Issues map on this Web site. Under Conservation, select the piece Clinton proposes road-building ban in national forest. Read the report, and then click on the report from the Oregonian and the editorial from the Denver Post. a. Which of the two newspaper accounts presents the most fact-based discussion? b. How might a report in an eastern newspaper have differed in its perspective



10		At the same site as above, choose the piece International accord to clean up the Rhine River, under Pollution. a. What are the goals of the agreement, and what type of enforcement is envisioned? b. Examine the map. Which country will benefit most from sound environmental practices in all the others? c. In which country would it have been most difficult to gain public support for the agreement? Why?

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