ENMT303 Environmental Regulations and Policy Week 3 and 8 Discussion

DQ1 Connections between international environmental law and your present life and your future careers

Share your thoughts about the international environmental laws you learned bout this week and your present life and/or future careers.  For example, if you presently maintain heating and air conditioning systems, which of the environmental laws we learned about this week would most apply to your job?  What if you are the Supplies Chain Manager for Martins Guitar?  Share your connections between future careers, present jobs, and present lives and the international environmental laws you learned about this week.

DQ2 Framework and need for international environmental law

Discuss the framework presently used for international environmental law and compare it to the U.S. framework for environmental law.  What are the similarities and differences?

DQ3 Some important international environmental agreements and programs

Take one of the topics we discussed this week and share your thoughts on whether it is a hard law, a soft law, not a law at all, and what makes the law or program effective or ineffective.  Are there other international laws or programs we should cover that were not covered this week?  Explain the importance of a law or program we did not cover that made a difference in our global environment.

 

ENMT303 Environmental Regulations and Policy

Week 3 Assignment  

Regulations of a pollutant of your choice

This assignment addresses the following course outcomes:

Demonstrate awareness of historical events that led to creation of present federal U.S. agencies responsible for environmental regulations and policies.

Use knowledge of environmental regulations to address risks to human health and the environment and advocate for sustainable solutions and practices.

Effectively communicate on national and global environmental issues and policies to persuade, inform, and clarify ideas, information, and procedures to various stakeholders.

Now that you have an overview of environmental policy, legislation, and regulations, we will apply what you have learned to your personal interest of a particular pollutant. Here are the steps for Week 3 Assignment:

Pick a pollutant that you are concerned about. You need to specifically name a chemical or element you are concerned about and write the chemical formula for that element or molecule. If it is an element you should note the forms the element occurs in our environment that would be of greatest concern. (10 points possible).

Investigate a federal regulation concerning this pollutant, and share the essence of that regulation in your own words, preferably in less than 300 words. Please be sure to site the specific section of the act that gave authority to regulate this specific pollutant. (25 points possible).

What federal agency is responsible for that regulation? Explain how you know which agency is responsible for the regulation and the specific purpose of the regulation and its alignment with the purpose of the agency. (10 points possible)

What state or local agency works with that federal agency to administer that regulation? (10 points possible).

How has that regulation been used to affect your life? Be specific about actual occurrence when regulation was used. You might have to call your local regulatory agency to find out the answer to this if you cannot find an article about an event that used this regulation. (20 points possible).

Are there other policy tools that have been used to manage this specific pollutant? If so, what are they? If not, what would you recommend as other policy tools you can use as a thoughtful environmental manager. (15 points possible).

Relevant references and citations in APA format. (10 points possible).

Please concisely provide information for each of the items requested above and submit as a word file into Week 3 Assignment folder. Proper grammar, spelling, and sentence structure are expected for this and all writing for this class.

Please make every effort to provide a discussion that shows good writing skills, proper citation, and exemplary scientific/technical analysis for the pollutant you have picked to discuss.