PSCI 3201 Environmental Policy 10/9/07

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PSCI 3201 Environmental Policy10/9/07

• Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)
• B. Policy solutions from ethics

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ANWRRecent 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

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H.R. 39, To preserve the Arctic coastal plain of
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, as
wilderness110th Congress

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H.R. 39, To preserve the Arctic coastal plain of
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, as
wilderness110th Congress

• Sponsor Rep. Ed MARKEY (D-MA),
• a senior Democratic member on both
• House Resources Committee
• Energy and Commerce Committees
• Cosponsors 142 to date

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Legal Definition of wildernessThe 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.
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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