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Environmental policy is the commitment of an organization or government to the laws, regulations, and other policy mechanisms concerning environmental issues.These issues generally include air and water pollution, waste management, ecosystem management, maintenance of biodiversity, the management of natural resources, wildlife and endangered species. [1]
An environmental impact statement (EIS), under United States environmental law, is a document required by the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for certain actions "significantly affecting the quality of the human environment". [1] An EIS is a tool for decision making.
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is a United States environmental law designed to promote the enhancement of the environment. It created new laws requiring U.S. federal government agencies to evaluate the environmental impacts of their actions and decisions, and it established the President's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).
Environmental Principles and Policies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction is a textbook written by Professor Sharon Beder. [1] The book examines six environmental and social principles that have been used at the international and national level.
Environmental statement: comprehensive, regular reports to the public on the organisation's structure and activities; environmental policy and management system; environmental aspects and impacts; environmental programme, objectives and targets; environmental performance and compliance with applicable environmental law etc.
Kraft, Michael E. "U.S. Environmental Policy and Politics: From the 1960s to the 1990s." Journal of Policy History 12.1 (2000): 17–42. Kraft, Michael E. "Congress and environmental policy." in The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy (20130. Lake, Laura M. "The environmental mandate: activists and the electorate."
An environmental assessment (EA) is an environmental analysis prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act to determine whether a federal action would significantly affect the environment and thus require a more detailed Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
Transnational environmental policies are efforts to confront global environmental issues such as climate change, ozone depletion, or marine pollution. [1] Environmental policies are transnational when they include actors from at least two sovereign states. [2] As of 2018, more than 1,800 multilateral environmental agreements are in effect. [3]