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British Politics and Policy at LSE ran a series on Climate Change and Environmental Policy in 2012. This ecollection is a select sample of some of the most interesting posts from that series. Access to the full spectrum of articles on this theme is available online.

THIS ARTICLE CONSIDERS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE GROWING POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU). MANY HAVE PRAISED RECENT EU MEASURES DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND ARGUE THAT SINCE MANY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS TRANSCEND NATIONAL BORDERS, THE SOLUTIONS SHOULD AS WELL. OTHERS, HOWEVER, POINT TO THE ORIGINS OF THE UNION AND TO THE FACT THAT IT IS STILL AN ESSENTIALLY CAPITALIST CLUB BENT ON MAINTAINING FREE TRADE AND HEALTHY PROFITS. THEREFORE, ANY ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION IS SECONDARY TO THE PRIMARY GOAL OF CREATING WEALTH. THE FUTURE REMAINS AS UNCLEAR AS THE AIR OVER MUCH OF EUROPE.

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Environmental Policy in Practice -- Environmental Dilemmas and Choices -- Clean or Dirty Air? -- Is It Really Drinkable? -- Taking Out the Trash -- Why Should We Care About Plants and Animals? -- Plan of the Book -- Chapter Wrap-Up -- Challenge Question for the Environmental Policy Classroom -- Suggested Resources -- Readings and Websites -- Films or Videos -- References -- 2 The Development and Context of American Environmental Policy -- Historical Evolution of US Environmental Policy -- Colonial America -- Nineteenth Century -- Early Twentieth Century: 1900-1930s -- Mid-twentieth Century: 1940s and 1950s -- The Birth of the Modern Environmental Movement -- The 1970s: The Development of Modern Environmental Regulation -- The 1980s: Changing Course with Environmental Protection -- The 1990s: Stagnation -- The Early Twenty-First Century: Presidents Bush and Obama -- The Trump Administration: The Undoing of Environmental Policy -- The Start of the Third Decade of the Twenty-First Century: The Biden Administration -- Themes in the US' Experience with Environmental Policy -- Public Opinion and the Environment -- Role of Science in Public Discourse -- Chapter Wrap-Up -- Challenge Question for the Environmental Policy Classroom -- Suggested Resources -- Readings and Websites -- Films or Video -- References -- 3 The Messy Process of Making Environmental Policy -- What Is Environmental Policy? -- The Context of Policymaking -- The Policy Process -- Stages Model of Policymaking -- Problem Identification and Definition -- Agenda Setting -- Policy Formulation -- Policy Legitimation -- Policy Implementation -- Policy Evaluation -- Policy Failure and Change -- Flaws of the Stages Model and Alternative Policy Models -- Attributes of the Policymaking System.