POL 310 Week 1 DQ 1 Environmental Values & Policy

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POL 310 Week 1 DQ 1 Environmental Values
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Identify an environmental amenity from the
following list    Clean air     Earths
climate     Ocean health     Wilderness
areas     Endangered species     Clean
drinking water     Old growth forests  Look at
Figure 1.1 in Chapter One of Environmental
Policies. Identify the different values
associated with that amenity.  Then, identify a
policy
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tension between the amenity that you choose and a
threat to that amenity. For example, clean air is
threatened by economic interests that pollute the
air (e.g., industries that do not use green
technology when emitting pollution, automobiles,
large-scale confined feeding animal operations,
etc.) wilderness areas are threatened by gas and
oil interests, pressures to build roads in
roadless areas, etc.  Also, discuss the ways that
different worldviews (e.g., biocentricism,
anthropocentrism) play into the controversy
surrounding the issue. In your opinion, have
lawmakers adequately protected the value of the
environmental amenity? Why or why not? Which
worldview is present in your response to part E
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