ENE 360 - Environmental Policy and Law

Credits: 2
Introduction to environmental law and major federal statutes covering the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, and hazardous waste and toxic substance laws. Students will discuss historical and contemporary issues of statutory and regulatory analysis, ethics, politics, and economics in these various legal contexts. Emphasis will be placed on contextualizing environmental problems, including uncertainty, risk assessment, risk perception and risk mitigation.

Prerequisite(s): ENE 260.