Chapter
21
4/3/12
I.
Different
environmental politics
A.
Movement started
with entrepreneurial politics
1.
Costs are narrow
(big companies have to pay the costs) and everyone benefits
2.
Examples:
a)
At the start,
power plants had to “pay the costs” by controlling their emissions, and
everyone benefited from this
b)
Clean Air Act-
the burden to prevent too much car emissions was at first placed on the car
companies
B.
Majoritarian
1.
Transition from
entrepreneurial to majoritarian- drivers began to feel the pain of cleaning the
environment because the people had to pay more to drive/ go through the hassle
of carpooling
2.
Costs and
benefits are widespread
3.
Once policies
became majoritarian rules were dictated, and the people did not support them
C.
Interest Groups
Politics
1.
Acid rain
a)
Two groups were
against each other- people who burned coal in the Midwest and the people in New
England who got the acid rain
2.
Costs and
benefits are not widespread- they are spread just amongst two groups that are
fighting it out over an issue
D.
Client politics
1.
Use of
insecticides/ pesticides (farmers).
Farmers don’t want to pay the costs (it would cost more to grow crops
without insecticides and pesticides) and want to use insecticides and
pesticides
II.
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