A timely, new resource on the history of the U.S. government's approach to environmental policy.

At a time when changing the nation's environmental policy is a top presidential priority, with a new global climate change treaty deep in negotiations, and with the country itself weighing the need for action against concerns over too much government regulation, this exhaustive new reference work could not be more welcomed.



Encyclopedia of the U.S. Government and the Environment: History, Policy, and Politics explores the interaction between the federal government and environmental politics and policy throughout the nation's history, from the earliest efforts to preserve lands and regulate pollution to the 1960s emergence of the modern environmental movement, the landmark legislation of the 1970s, and the seesawing back-and-forth of policies between alternating Republican and Democrat administrations of the last three decades. Authoritative, unbiased, and informed by the latest available research, the hundreds of entries cover the full range of issues, events, laws, institutions, and key players that shape federal environmental policies, incorporating viewpoints from across the ideological spectrum.









200 alphabetically organized entries on all aspects of the development of U.S. environmental policy-the events, issues, people, and politics



100 expert contributors-scholars from a wide range of disciplines-draw on the latest research



A timeline of major laws, events, and governmental agencies related to environmental policy



A bibliography of important books and essays on U.S. government environmental policy in print and on online