Format:
xxiv, 404 pages
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illustrations
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23 cm
Edition:
12th edition
ISBN:
9781071902103
Content:
"As we approach the middle of the third decade of the twenty-first century, environ-mental policy faces significant challenges both at home and around the world. New demands for dealing with the risks of climate change and threats to biological diversity, and for meeting the rising aspirations of the planet's eight billion people, will force governments everywhere to rethink policy strategies and tools. They need to find effective and acceptable ways to reconcile environmental and economic goals and values through new approaches to sustainable development.In the United States, the early part of the 2010s saw a stagnant economy and persis-tently high unemployment. Over the following decade, the economy improved greatly, albeit with highly unequal results; some benefited while others did not. Despite these economic gains, new criticism emerged in the United States over the perceived adverse economic impacts of environmental and energy policies and regulations. As a result, the Donald Trump presidency pursued the most aggressive anti-environmental agenda of any administration since Ronald Reagan's in the 1980s. By mid-2023, the global coronavirus pandemic had created enormous economic damage and renewed concerns over a possibly prolonged recession. As economies around the world struggle to regain these losses over the next several years, environmental policies may well face continued skepticism both in the United States and in other nations if they are seen as adding to economic burdens.Many of these criticisms in the United States divide members of the two major par -ties deeply, as Republicans have continued to call for-as they long have-repealing, reducing, and reining in environmental policies and regulations in the face of strong Democratic defense of the same policies and actions. The result has been intense and relentless partisan debate on Capitol Hill and at the state and local levels, where many of the same conflicts have arisen. Some environmentalists have blamed Democrats as well for what they see as an often timid defense of environmental policy or for their reluctance to embrace new and far-reaching proposals favored by some within the party. Political debate over the next few years may continue to be framed in these terms even as leading businesses, the scientific community, and increasing numbers of public officials recognize that the real challenge today is to find ways to meet economic and other human needs while also protecting the environment on which we depend-that is, on how to foster sustainable development.The election of President Donald Trump in November 2016 brought a dramatic change in policy positions and priorities after eight years of the Barack Obama administration. Particularly in his second four-year term, Obama sought through executive action to strengthen protection of public health and the environment, foster the development of clean energy resources, and establish a viable and broadly supported path."--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-396) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781071902127
Language:
English
Keywords:
Umweltpolitik
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Aufsatzsammlung
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