environmental policy

Examples of environmental policy in the following topics:

• Environmental Policy

  • Environmental policy in the U.S. has become highly contentious, competitive, and political.
  • Various legislation governs environmental concerns in the U.S., including the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) which was first introduced in 1970.
  • One of the enduring conflicts in environmental policy is between environmental and business interests.
  • Finally, because the U.S. has to share the Earth with all of the other countries, U.S. environmental policy is always international policy as well.
  • The EPA is just one of the various bureaus involved in U.S. environmental policy.

• Climate Change

  • Global warming policy can be quite contentious because competing interests get involved in the policy-making and implementation process.
  • As with all environmental policy, global warming policies can be quite contentious because competing interests get involved in the policy-making and implementation process.

• Social Regulation

  • The Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at Harvard University describes it as "public policy and practice in the areas of health care, human services, criminal justice, inequality, education, and labor. "
  • The Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at Harvard University describes it as "public policy and practice in the areas of health care, human services, criminal justice, inequality, education, and labor. "
  • Social policy aims to improve human welfare and to meet human needs for education, health, housing and social security.
  • Important areas of social policy are the welfare state, social security, unemployment insurance, environmental policy, pensions, health care, social housing, social care, child protection, social exclusion, education policy, crime, and criminal justice.
  • The term 'social policy' can also refer to policies which govern human behavior.

• Foreign Policy

  • A country's foreign policy includes all of the policies it develops to pursue its national interests as it interacts with other countries.
  • Modern foreign policy has become quite complex.
  • In the past, foreign policy may have concerned itself primarily with policies solely related to national interest--for example, military power or treaties.
  • Currently, foreign policy encompasses trade, finance, human rights, environmental, and cultural issues.
  • Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton discusses agriculture and environmental issues in Kenya.

• Interest Groups

  • Foreign policy interest groups are domestic advocacy organizations which seek to influence the government's foreign policy.
  • Foreign policy interest groups, which are domestic advocacy organizations seeking to directly or indirectly influence the government's foreign policy, are a key player in U.S. foreign policy.
  • According to U.S. scholar John Dietrich, these interest groups have mobilized to represent a diverse array of business, labor, ethnic, human rights, environmental, and other organizations.
  • Foreign policy interest groups often overlap with so-called "ethnic" interest groups, as they try to influence the foreign policy and, to a lesser extent, the domestic policy of the United States for the benefit of the foreign "ethnic kin" or homeland with whom respective ethnic groups identify.
  • The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is a prominent foreign policy interest group

• National Security Policy

  • National security policies, designed to protect the state, include military security as well as non-military security.
  • National security policies are policies related to the survival of the state.
  • In order to possess national security, a nation needs to possess economic security, energy security, and environmental security, in addition to a strong military.
  • Some authorities include natural disasters and other environmentally detrimental events in this category.
  • Environmental security deals with environmental issues.

• Policy Making and Special Interests

  • Many different types of groups attempt to influence United States policy.
  • For instance, certain demographic groups may favor policies that benefit them the most.
  • Foreign governments can also behave as interest groups when it comes to U.S. foreign policy.
  • The debate over creating free trade areas, like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) , placed business groups in competition with labor and environmental groups in garnering the attention of policymakers toward their divergent causes.
  • First, the number of people affected plays a role in what policies are adopted.

• Making Policy

  • The actual development and implementation of policies are under the purview of different bureaucratic institutions.
  • However, the actual development and implementation of policies are under the purview of different bureaucratic institutions mainly comprised cabinet departments, independent executive agencies, government corporations, and regulatory agencies.
  • The best known include the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Social Security Administration (SSA).
  • Differentiate between cabinet departments, independent executive agencies, government corporation, and regulatory agencies in making policy

• New Sources of Energy

  • There are many concerns about the environmental and political impact of continued dependence on nonrenewable, foreign-produced fossil fuels.
  • Environmental and political stability in the U.S. has been threatened in recent years by a continued dependence on non-renewable fossil fuels, particularly those from outside sources.
  • Particularly in the case of wind farms, there is often extensive community consultation prior to construction in order to address potential aesthetic and environmental impacts.
  • This is not the first time the idea of greater energy independence has become popular in U.S. policy and politics.

• Environmental Interest Groups

  • There is a long history of conservation and early forms of environmentalism in the US.
  • Some of the different types of environmentalism include the conservation movement, mostly focused on preserving land for sustainable use; the environmental justice movement that developed as a reaction to environmental racism in the US and particular in urban areas; the ecology movement, focused on human relationships and responsibilities to the environment; and bright green environmentalism, which looks at technological and design solutions to environmental question.
  • Environmental groups are also known for their use of *direct action* techniques.
  • On the other hand some business groups have also taken up environmental causes, with business practices and promotion geared towards members and supporters of environmental interests.
  • However other businesses have started to greenwash their products, leading environmental and consumer interest groups to pressure governments to regulate environmental product claims.