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368. Environmental Politics -- Janaury 2004
Course Calendar & Assignments
[* "FYI" documents are for your information but not assigned reading]

JANUARY 24, 2004

----------------------------------------- WEEK #1 --------------------------------------------
§§§ MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

9:00 a.m.

no class

RESERVED FOR GROUP MEETINGS

Research in Environmental Politics with Mandy Swygart-Hobaugh, Library 127
On-Line Research Guides

RESERVED FOR GROUP MEETINGS

RESERVED FOR GROUP MEETINGS

1:00 p.m.

Introductions & Video:
What's Up with the Weather?

FYI*: National Energy Policy
NRDC Energy Policy
Pew Center on Climate Change
NRDC: Bush Record
NRDC: Record, pt. 2
NRDC: Udates
[review slides]

Rosenbaum #1-3 [120]
[review slides]

Rosenbaum #4-5 [63]
[review slides]

Rosenbaum #6-7 [86]
[review slides]

Rosenbaum # 8-10 [114]
[review slides]

----------------------------------------- WEEK #2 --------------------------------------------
§§§ MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

9:00 a.m.

Wilderness Management: Politics & Policy
(Craig Allin)
"Triumph of Politics over Wilderness Science"
[review slides]

FYI*: Wilderness Report Card

Panel #4 meets with Craig @ 8:00

Panel #1: Energy
[review slides]

Panel Members meet with Craig:
#3 @ 9:00
#2 @ 10:00
#5 @ 11:00

Panel #2: Free Market Environmentalism
[review slides]

no class

1:00 p.m.

RESERVED FOR GROUP MEETINGS

Panel #1 meets with Craig @ 1:00

Topic and Bibliography due by 3:00 p.m.

Panel #4: Beyond NIMBY
[review slides]

Panel #3: Dealing with Risk
[review slides]

Panel #5: Federalism in the Forest
[review slides]

Environmental Politics & Policy in Transition: Vig & Kraft #1-4 [103]

------------------------------------------ WEEK #3 --------------------------------------------
§§§ MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

9:00 a.m.

Policy Proposal & Outline of Contentions due by 9:00 a.m.

no class

Kara Beauchamp, "Measuring the Wind" @ 11:10 a.m. in West Science 100.

no class

no class

no class

Policy Paper due by 8:00 a.m. Saturday

1:00 p.m.

Federal Institutions & Policy Change: Vig & Kraft #5-8 [98]

Public Policy Dilemmas: Vig & Kraft #9-12 [98]

Global & Domestic Issues & Controversies: Vig & Kraft #13-17 [110]

Catch Up Class

----------------------------------------- WEEK #4 ---------------------------------------------
§§§ MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

9:00 a.m.

seminar
reports

seminar
reports

final exam

1:00 p.m.

seminar
reports

seminar
reports

policy paper rewrite due by 5:00 p.m.

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