ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND LAW

Class Assignment:

Environmental Policy & Law (Chapter 7 of Edition 3 or Chapter 8 of Edition 4: Regulating Toxic Substances); The Environmental Case (Chapter 3:Love Canal)

Homework:

1. Read the assigned text chapters and answer the questions to be found at the end of each chapter. In 1962 Rachel Carson began the modern environmental movement with her publication of Silent Spring. Describe the toxic substance she wrote about and how it was harmful. (You will need to research this question on the internet).
2. Briefly describe in no more than 200 words percase the issues at sake with two of the judicial cases presented below. In preparing for this assignment, you should review the link provided for this course to help you analyze case law.

• Industiral Union Department v. American Petroleum Institute

• Ethyl Corp v. EPA

• Reserve Mining v. EPA

• Public Citizen v. Young

• Les v. Reilly

• Corrosion Proof Fittings v. EPA

• Monsanto Co. v. Kennedy