ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
[POSC 370]

Syllabus Contact: kedron.bardwell@simpson.edu Exam 1 review
PowerPoint from Garbage! Genetic Foods Bottled Water  
Presentations... The Car Consumption State of the World FINAL review

...Bardwell's U.S. politics web links

 

EXAMPLES of FACT SHEETS

Education (good mix of info and "graphics")

Higher Ed (visually appealing and organized)

Budget (detailed, but tiny font/needs editing)

Health (looks great, organized, smallish font)

Faith (informative but too reliant on graphics)

 

POSC 370: Online Readings [WEB]

Heinz Center, "State of the Nation's Ecosystems 2008"
Hayward, "Index of Leading Environmental Indicators" (pp.15-42 only)

Pew, "Mixed Signals on Energy"
"Increase in GOP Doubt..."

"Gas Prices Pump Up Drilling"

Bailey, "An Inconvenient Truth"

Furman, "An Economic Strategy on Climate Change" (Intro & Part 1)

Komanoff, "Whither Wind?"

Hahn, "Ethanol: Law, Economics, Politics"

Sierra Club, "Sprawl: The Dark Side of the American Dream"
(check out map of sprawl-threatened cities at bottom)

Tierney, "Recycling is Garbage"

Royte, "A Tall Cool Drink of...Sewage?"

Research Links for Environmental Politics

Project VoteSmart - Key Environmental Votes
Project VoteSmart -
List of U.S. Environmental Groups

Project VoteSmart -
Environmental Group Ratings of Congress
Scorecard.org (The Pollution Information Site)

News.Google.com (Personalize the page!)

Congress & Environmental Interest Group Ratings

League of Conservation Voters - Ratings


PowerPoint Lectures

State of the Environment

Population & Resources

U.S. Public Opinion

Global Warming

CapAndTradeCarbon

Drilling and ANWR

Nuclear Power

Sprawl