ENV 440 Environmental Law
This course is an overview of the United States’ environmental law and policy. We will begin this course looking at our society’s different interpretations of what is the environment and how those perceptions were created. The course then covers how our government regulates the environment, focusing on administrative law, case law, and constitutional concerns. Following this, the course focuses on the major environmental statutes: the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act. We will move onto issues such as waste and natural resources management, including RCRA, CERCLA, and the Endangered Species Act. Included in this course is the role that race, ethnicity, and class play in environmentalism and environmental policy throughout these main topics.
Prerequisite
BAS-ENV admittance or Instructor Permission
Corequisite
none