Class Topics: 

• The Environmental Legacy

• The Evolution of American Environmentalism

• Ongoing Challenges

Readings:     

 Chapter 1 of Walter Ronsenbaum's Environmental Politics and Policy. (10th Ediction), Washington, DC: CQ Press.

Homework Assignment:           

1. Outline how environmental policy flucuates with each successive Presidential administration.
2. Explain what forces contribute to this flucuation.
3. What is the current state of environmental policy under the current President (you will need to research this.