American politics and the environment / Byron W. Daynes, Glen Sussman, and Jonathan P. West.
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Albany, NY :
State University of New York Press,
[2016]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- The American political setting and the environment
- American federalism and environmental politics
- Case study : climate change and sea- level rise in South Florida
- Personal profile : Mary Nichols and Carb : environmental champions
- Public opinion, interest groups, and the environment
- Case study : interest groups activism and the place of wolves in the Rocky Mountain regions
- Case study : climate change and public opinion
- Personal profile : Robert F Kennedy Jr
- Congress, the legislative process, and the environment
- Case study : cap and trade : failure to pass a climate bill
- Personal profile : Senator Susan Collins: environmental defender
- The environmental presidency
- Personal profile : FDR and the "golden age"
- Case study : leaving a legacy
- Barack Obama and climate change
- Executive agencies and the environment
- Personal profile : Steven Chu : the scientist in charge
- Case study : EPA regulations and carbon emissions
- The environmental court
- Personal profile : the environment : friend and supporter vs. a "slash-and-burn opponent"
- Case study: the court and those dam fish : TVA vs. Hill
- Case study : climate crisis is real, Mr. Limbaugh, real!
- The global environment
- Case study : biodiversity and endangered species
- Guest essay / Christina Slentz
- American politics and the environment : conclusion.