Encyclopedia Of U.S. Government And Environment: History, Policy & Politics

Publisher ABC-CLIO

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ABC-CLIO

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2010

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9781598842388

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9th Grade - College Senior

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With the election of Barack Obama, the environmental policy of the United States is expected to shift away from the approach of George W. Bush. It won't be the first time in U.S. history that a new president has made a break with the previous administration's environmental approach.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
A-Z List of Entries.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction: Environmental Politics and Policy in the United States.
The U.S. Government and the Environment Before 1960.
The U.S. Government and the Environment: Contemporary Issues.
The U.S. Government and the Global Future.
1: A Sand County Almanac.
2: Abbey, Edward.
3: Acid Rain.
4: Agent Orange.
5: Air Pollution Control Act of 1955.
6: Air Quality Act of 1967.
7: Alar.
8: Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. (2004).
9: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.
10: Alaska Oil Pipeline (1973).
11: Alternative Energy.
12: Alternative Farming Systems Information Center, USDA.
13: American Antiquities Act of 1906.
14: American Chemical Society.
15: American Farmland Trust.
16: American Fisheries Society.
17: American Lung Association.
18: American Mining Congress.
19: American Nuclear Society.
20: American Petroleum Institute.
21: An Inconvenient Truth.
22: Anderson v. Evans (2004).
23: Antarctic Treaty (1959).
24: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
25: Arnold, Ronald.
26: Audubon, John James.
27: Automobile Emissions.
28: Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon (1995).
29: Bald Eagle.
30: Bald Eagle Protection Act.
31: Bates, et al. v. Dow AgroSciences LLC.
32: Berman v. Parker (1954).
33: Berry, Wendell.
34: Biden, Joseph R. Jr. (1942–).
35: Biodiversity.
36: Blue Ribbon Coalition.
37: Boulder Canyon Project (Hoover Dam).
38: Brower, David.
39: Bureau of Indian Affairs.
40: Bureau of Land Management.
41: Bureau of Reclamation.
42: Burford (Gorsuch), Anne.
43: Burton, Phillip.
44: Bush, George H. W..
45: Bush, George W..
46: Caldwell, Lynton.
47: California Quincy Library Group.
48: California v. General Motors Corp. (2006).
49: Calvert Cliffs’ Coordinating Committee v. Atomic Energy Commission (1971).
50:
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