Reviews for Negotiating Environment and Science : An Insider's View of International Agreements, from Driftnets to the Space Station

The average rating for Negotiating Environment and Science : An Insider's View of International Agreements, from Driftnets to the Space Station based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-11-02 00:00:00 Don Dillon Well written and important insight into the origins of environmental law. I wanted to learn how we got to where we are today and this book certainly does that starting after WWII whether starting with clean water everywhere, dam building out west with fisheries & wildlife, and eventually clean air in California. Up to 1900 "environmental law" really dealt with property, contract, & nuisance laws on private property whether it was mining, farming, ranching, or industry with no concern for the greater good or the environment. 1930-1950 saw the beginnings of administrative agencies with the passing of the Administrative Procedure Act whether through executive branch or expert civil servants enter into Americas legal system to deal with all kinds of complex problems. After WWII, widespread pollution, public health, and peoples concern for unbridled destruction of nature took hold. Private citizens, citizen environmental groups, politicians, local & state governments, and eventually courts & national government got involved. Through the administrative process laws & agencies are created and the country starts to see laws like the 1946 Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (FWCA-1946), 1948 Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 1955 Air Pollution Control Act, and creation in the 1960's & 70's of the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Park Service, & Bureau of Land Management. Most interesting to read about the individuals, states, and groups that all had a hand in the process. But ultimately all the laws that have been created in the name of the environment still "enabled citizens to drive big private cars, subdivide open green spaces, build huge houses that require vast amounts of energy to heat and cool and light, entertain themselves with devices powered by rising electricity demands, patronize businesses that transform natural resources into consumer goods on a global scale, and DEMAND an ascending level of material comfort." I am guilty. Published in 2009.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-07-11 00:00:00 Pairain Pascal read for my school.