The first edition of this pragmatic course text emphasized the policy value of a “big picture” approach to the ethical, political, technological, scientific, economic, and management aspects of environmental issues. The text then applied this approach to real-world case examples involving leaks in underground storage tanks, toxic waste cleanup, and the effects of global climate change. 

This second edition demonstrates the ongoing effectiveness of the book’s framework in generating meaningful action and policy solutions to current environmental issues. The text adds case examples concerning congestion taxes, e-waste, hydrofracking, and recent developments in global climate change, updating references and other materials throughout and incorporating the political and policy changes of the Obama administration’s first term and developments in national and global environmental issues.

Preface to the Second Edition

Acknowledgments

Part I. Developing a Framework 

1. Understanding Environmental Policy
2. A Framework for Understanding the Environmental Policy Issue

Part II. Applying the Framework

3. Why Can’t NYC Get a Congestion Charge?
4. Who Is Responsible for E-Waste and How Can We Ensure Its Safe Disposal?
5. Why Is Hydrofracking Contentious?
6. How Can We Assess the Risks of, Prepare for, and Slow Climate Change?

Part III. Understanding, Developing, and Implementing Environmental Policy

7. What Has the Framework Taught Us About These Environmental Sustainability Problems and What Else Do We Need to Know?
8. Conclusions: Improving Environmental Policy

References

Notes

Index