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Rachel Farnelli rides a swing in her backyard overlooking a natural gas well in Dimock, Pennsylvania

Environmental Policy:

Making Decisions and

Solving Problems

Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:

Describe environmental policy and assess its societal context List the institutions involved with international environmental
policy and describe how nations handle transboundary
Discuss the role of science in policymaking
issues
Identify the institutions important to U.S. environmental policy Categorize the different approaches to environmental policy
and recognize major U.S. environmental laws

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