The Government And Environmental Policy
The purpose of the United States' public policy law is to implement restrictions
in an effort to solve problems, which can be seen with the Clean Water Act.
Public policy has also been employed to reform the Endangered Species Act of
1973. Although the United States government is noble in it's efforts to
preserve the environment through these acts, the internal structure of public
policy often retards these acts' effectiveness. This paper will explore the
many ways in which factors such as horizontal implementation, divided government,
and other forms of public policy affect the environmental legislation involved
with the aforementioned acts. The main factors involved with the ...
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slows down the ability of government because
a consensus can be difficult with so many people working together. Another
problem is that there are many subgovernments affecting the legislation as well,
such as interest groups like the Sierra Club, Administrative Agents like the
Environmental Protection Agency, and Congressional Committees. Because these
groups add to the total number of people working on the legislation, the
original noble ideology of making policy for the good of the nation is voided.
Also because there are so many differences of opinion, few drastic changes are
made, instead small incremental changes are made which take up lots of time and
retard the effectiveness and enforcement of the legislation. In addition to
this chaotic turmoil, four steps must be implemented in order to pass a bill.
These are initiation & definition, formulation & enactment (legitimation),
implementation, and evaluation.
The most relevant one of these steps is horizontal implementation ...
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arises, what exactly is the Endangered Species Act?
As one author puts it, "The Endangered Species Act of 1973, perhaps more than
any other environmental law, dares to draw an unwavering line in the path of
American progress. It boldly says in essence, 'Thou shalt not cause any
species of plant or animal to go extinct.' As the rampart transformation of
natural America for exurban development, water-division projects, and timber
cutting- pushes more and more species to the wall, the act is embroiled in
controversy unparalleled since its passage 19 years ago." (Horton, pg. 68) A
few other factors of definition come into play when one considers the
intricacies of the Act. An animal is ...
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