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ENVI 300 Environmental Issues

ENVI 300 Environmental Issues. Dr. Ron Kaufmann Shiley Center 274 (x5904) Office Hrs: Mo 12:30-1:30, Tu 2:30-5:00, Fr 12:30-2:00 kaufmann@sandiego.edu rkaufmann@gmail.com www.sandiego.edu /~kaufmann/envi300/envi300.html. First Assignment – Tell Me About Yourself. Name (given and nick)

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ENVI 300 Environmental Issues

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  1. ENVI 300Environmental Issues • Dr. Ron Kaufmann • Shiley Center 274 (x5904) • Office Hrs: Mo 12:30-1:30, Tu 2:30-5:00, Fr 12:30-2:00 • kaufmann@sandiego.edu • rkaufmann@gmail.com • www.sandiego.edu/~kaufmann/envi300/envi300.html

  2. First Assignment – Tell Me About Yourself • Name (given and nick) • Major(s)/minor(s) • Class standing (Jr, Sr, Super-Sr!) • Why taking this class? • Group/Presentation skills • E-mail address • Environmental issues – three most important

  3. The Environmental Movement in the US • Some Major Players • John Muir (1838-1914) • Founder of Sierra Club • Called for preservation of natural wilderness • Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) • First head of US Forest Service under T. Roosevelt • Staunch advocate of conservation • “Greatest good of the greatest number in the long run” • Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) • “Land Ethic” • Holistic management of wilderness • People responsible for maintaining environment and repairing damage

  4. The Environmental Movement in the US • Some Major Players • Rachel Carson • “Silent Spring” (1962) • Described negative environmental impacts of pesticides • Galvanized modern environmental movement • Paul Ehrlich • “The Population Bomb” (1968) • Described potential environmental consequences of rapidly expanding human population • Garrett Hardin • “Tragedy of the Commons” (1968) • “Lifeboat Ethics” (1974)

  5. The Environmental Movement in the US • Important Environmental Legislation and Events • 1970 – National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), EPA & OSHA formed, revised Clean Air Act (CAA), 1st Earth Day • 1972 – Clean Water Act (CWA), Ocean Dumping Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act; DDT banned in U.S. • 1973 – Endangered Species Act (ESA) • 1974 – Safe Drinking Water Act • 1976 – Toxic Substances Control Act, Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act • 1980 – Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, & Liability Act (CERCLA/Superfund) • 1987 – Montreal Protocol • 1990 – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) • 1992 – UN Conference on Environment & Development (Earth Summit); Biodiversity Treaty • 1997 – Kyoto Protocol • 2005 – Kyoto Protocol came into effect

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