Assignment task: Identify 1 environmental science law of interest to you from the list below. You may select the same law you researched last week, or you may select a new one.
- Endangered Species Act
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
- Clean Air Act
- Clean Water Act
- Safe Drinking Water Act
- Toxic Substances Control Act
- Migratory Bird Treaty Act
1. Briefly summarize the environmental law and discuss the historical and social climate that led to the creation of the law.
2. Identify 3 substantial changes to the law over time. For each change, complete the following:
3. Summarize the change that occurred.
4. Discuss the historical and social climate that led to the change of the law.
5. Discuss the impacts of each change.
6. Discuss how knowledge of the changes to the law will support the new company your group has been hired to help.
7. Describe how the analysis of changes to the law reflects the changing policy tools of government for regulating nature.