National Environmental Policy Act

The students at Smithville Elementary School are currently on there much anticipated trip to Tougaloo College. For months the students have been learning about the various trees and birds native to Mississippi. On today, they will finally get to see those trees and birds up close while on a nature walk through Tougaloo College forest. Upon arrival the students were shocked to see that the hundreds of acres of trees were being bulldozed in order to begin construction on a new shopping center.…

Comparing in detail the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) would take writing a small book. So, in order to answer this question effectively, key terms will be used and described briefly to compare them both. As stated in question 1, NEPA was the first law to put the spotlight on environmental issues with an all embracing national policy. NEPA mandates federal agencies to assess the environmental effects of their proposed actions prior…

Environmental Law is something that the USA once pioneered on and then slowly began to fall behind on. Environmental Law may not be one of the oldest type of laws but it is one of the most complex. There are laws that are then regulations that are controlled and fulfilled by an agency. There are many steps, layers and systems that make it a difficult area to comprehend and learn. On top of that the world is changing and science is evolving making changes more prevalent and seen as vital.…

States Environmental Protection Agency under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. RINs are credits used for compliance, and are the currency of the RFS program. The RFS program is an initiative created by Congress to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases in efforts to expand the nations renewable fuels sector. The most imperative part of the program is to reduce the reliance on imported oil. RINs were established and authorized by the government in 2005 under the Energy Policy Act. …

Although this can be viewed as a controversial topic, the scientific evidence to support it cannot be logically argued with; the Earth and its climate are changing and legislation should broaden as this predicament processes. This claim is supported by a number of scientific findings that reflect negatively on the Earth’s environment. In response to this there is information on current and past legislation; as well as various opportunities the United States could participate in in the future.…

BALANCING BIODIVERSITY IN CHANGING ENVIRONMENT: IMPORTANCE AND CONSERVATION Abstract: Biodiversity is the variety and variability of living organisms, including their species richness in an environment. It is a major component of environment and useful for all living organisms including man. Biodiversity plays important role in regulation of climate. Biodiversity is a major part of life-support system. It is particularly ecological, economic, spiritual, cultural, and aesthetic importance.…

increases. Different acts and laws have been passed to try and reduce the pollution already created. Humans have a delicate balance with our environment; it is our responsibility to do what we can in order to protect our world. In his article “Let’s Modernize Our Pollution Laws,” Gregg Easterbrook argues the importance of keeping population laws up-to-date. However, the need of amending these laws is not specified nor is the inclusion of what is wrong with the current acts and laws present…

tipping point, as Americans polled cited crime as the most pressing national problem of the day, even compared with issues like the economy (Reske, 1994). Throughout much of the country, and in Canada as well; national, state, and local legislation shifted toward more punitive responses to crime, including policies like mandatory minimum sentencing, expansion of the death penalty, three-strikes laws, zero-tolerance. These policies had their theoretical basis in rational-deterrence theory, which…

Cattle ranching The Environmental Defense Fund stated, when methane is in the air it absorbs the sun’s heat, and then warms the atmosphere. While methane doesn’t linger as long in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, it is initially far more devastating to the climate because of how effectively it absorbs heat. More heat, less rain, more drought, no more Amazon, a quite simple turn of events going wrong extremely fast. There are Land Sparing policies in act to help reduce greenhouse gasses. The…

public awareness about the interconnectedness of human industry and the national environment. In 1970, President Nixon forms the Environmental Protection Agency, also known as the EPA. Our legislative branch was also able to pass many acts, such as The Clean Air Act in 1963, The Air Quality Act in 1967, The Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments in 1972, The National Environmental Policy Act in 1970, and the Endangered Species Act in…