The Government And Environmental Policy

The Government and Environmental Policy

The purpose of the United States' public policy law is to implement restrictions
in an effort to solve problems, which can be seen with the Clean Water Act.
Public policy has also been employed to reform the Endangered Species Act of
1973. Although the United States government is noble in it's efforts to
preserve the environment through these acts, the internal structure of public
policy often retards these acts' effectiveness. This paper will explore the
many ways in which factors such as horizontal implementation, divided government,
and other forms of public policy affect the environmental legislation involved
with the aforementioned acts. The main factors involved with the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 involve horizontal implementation structure and divided
government. Before one can discuss how these policies affect environmental
legislation, a brief description of each must first be lucidly explained. When
our government was founded, a system of checks and balances was implemented
between the executive, judicial, and legislative branches to ensure that no one
part of government gets too much power. Although this limits the power of any
one person in government, it often slows down the ability of government because
a consensus can be difficult with so many people working together. Another
problem is that there are many subgovernments affecting the legislation as well,
such as interest groups like the Sierra Club, Administra...

The Government And Environmental Policy

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