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PSCI 3201 Environmental Policy 10/9/07

PSCI 3201 Environmental Policy 10/9/07. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) B. Policy solutions from ethics. ANWR: Recent Legislative Efforts. Wilderness legislation: hands off ANWR Energy legislation: open a section of ANWR to exploration and development

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PSCI 3201 Environmental Policy 10/9/07

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  1. PSCI 3201 Environmental Policy10/9/07 • Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) B. Policy solutions from ethics

  2. ANWR:Recent Legislative Efforts • Wilderness legislation: hands off ANWR • Energy legislation: open a section of ANWR to exploration and development • Annual budget resolution: assumption of revenues from oil

  3. H.R. 39, “To preserve the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, as wilderness…”110th Congress

  4. H.R. 39, “To preserve the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, as wilderness…”110th Congress Sponsor: Rep. Ed MARKEY (D-MA), a senior Democratic memberon both: House Resources Committee Energy and Commerce Committees Cosponsors: 142 to date

  5. Legal Definition of “wilderness”The statutory definition of Wilderness is found in Section 2(c) of the Wilderness Act of 1964: "A wilderness … is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain." Importantly: logging and oil and gas drilling are prohibited in wilderness areas.

  6. Policy Solutions from Ethics • What is the goal of policy based on ethics? • How does one successfully influence a change in ethics? • An appreciation for the intrinsic value of the environment cannot be legislated • Beliefs cannot be compelled • What are the policy tools of ethics? • Education • Persuasion • Socialization

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