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PLSC 392 weeks 3-6

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show felt broadly but not deeply, not decisive factors in elections, partisan preferences towards environment  
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show science plays a crucial role in politics, policymakers required to formulate judgments, scientific findings have significant implications, minor disagreements among scientists exploited, demands and expectations hard to meet, different public priorities  
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show downplaying, obfuscating/hiding, cherry picking, questioning scientific consensus and spreading confusion, disseminating unscientific facts  
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show legislative, executive, judicial  
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show Congress makes laws, Executive carries out laws, Courts interpret laws and adjudicate disputes  
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Legislative Branch   show
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show US Supreme Court, US Appeals Courts (Federal Circuits), Federal District Courts  
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show headed by president, executive office of president, executive branch departments, federal agencies  
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show 9 justices, serve for life, six Republicans, three Democrats  
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show 13 circuits, 179 appellate judges  
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US District Courts   show
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Executive Office of President   show
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Presidential Cabinet   show
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Special Interest Groups   show
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show views about environmental movement and environmental SIGs  
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show role of scientists in environmental policymaking, misuse of science for political purposes  
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show made up of member states who join voluntarily to cooperate on an issue, national governments  
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show UNEP (United Nations Environmental Programme) Global Environmental Facility (GEF) IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) treaty secretariats- help manage/administer environmental treaties  
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show general assembly, security council, secretariat, economic and social council, international court of justice  
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sustainable development   show
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show IGOs, national and international businesses, epistemic communities, world leaders/celebrities/activists  
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show state sovereignty, state consent, pacta sunt servanda (pacts are to be honored)  
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show international treaties and conventions, customary international law, general principles of law shared by nations, court decisions and precedents  
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MEAs   show
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show Conference of Parties  
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MOPs   show
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Treaty secretariats   show
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Tragedy of Commons   show
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greenhouse effect   show
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greenhouse gases   show
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show burning of fossil fuels for transportation and energy production, agriculture, industry  
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show China, United States, India  
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1997 Kyoto Protocol   show
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show states "took note" but did not sign it, not a treaty  
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2015 Paris Climate Agreement   show
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Paris Climate Agreement enforcement   show
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show propose new legislation, sign bills into laws, propose federal budget, appointment powers, executive powers, pardons, commander in chief, addresses Congress  
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President executive toolkit   show
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show US Constitution, federal statutes, federal rules and regulations  
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show new rule is drafted and proposed by a federal agency, commented on by public, comments are reviews and assessed, proposed rule is amended and reissued as final rule  
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advantages of regulation   show
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disadvantages of regulation   show
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show broader and more substantial solution to problem, more long lasting effects and cannot be undone by next president, statutes can cause more extensive debate, congressional hearings are followed by media, educational benefit to public debate  
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show very difficult to get large enough number of Congress to cooperate, may take lots of concessions and compromises, presidential efforts to promote new statute end in failure  
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WOTUS war   show
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show regulate interstate and international commerce, necessary and proper clause, legislation, confirmation, ratification of treaties, oversight  
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show introduced in committee, debated in committee, brought to floor, debated on floor, agreed and sent to other house, debated there, approve same bill, send to president  
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show patchwork, reform, fragmentation, localism, election cycle, hyper responsiveness, micromanagement, polarization  
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show inconsistent, contradictory, not a full scope solution  
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reform issue   show
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show between house and senate committees and subcommittees  
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localism issue   show
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show dictates priorities and pace of policymaking  
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show only responds to high visibility issues, not most important issue  
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micromanagement issue   show
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polarization issue   show
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Obama obstacles to passing climate related legislation   show
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show trumps all other laws, supreme law of the land  
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show trumped by constitution, enacted by congress  
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federal rules and regulations   show
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five Ps   show
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prescriptive regulation   show
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property rights   show
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show environmental taxes, difficult to get price right, unpopular  
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payments   show
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show info dissemination and education, reflexive laws  
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show executive departments must apply informal rule making process (notice and comment rule making)  
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changing or reversing an existing rule   show
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reversing executive order   show
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administrative adjudication   show
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five key functions of agencies   show
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show issuing and modifying regulations  
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adjudicative function   show
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show assigning grants  
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5 step journey from environmental issue to policy enforcement   show
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sources of power of federal bureaucracy   show
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administrative discretion   show
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agencies maintain influence by   show
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sources of bureaucratic fragmentation   show
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show among federal agencies/departments/branches, between federal and state entities, backers and allies of agencies and departments  
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key functions and activities of environmental agencies   show
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problems and challenges for EPA   show
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show Michael Reagan  
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Department of Interior   show
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show US Army Corps of Engineers  
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Secretary of Interior   show
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