SignUpEnvironmental Politics and Law
Yale, , Prof. John Wargo
Updated On 02 Feb, 19
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Yale, , Prof. John Wargo
Updated On 02 Feb, 19
Introduction to the Course - Principles & Strategies in Environmental Law - Nuclear Experiments - Nuclear Secrecy and Ecology - Preparing for War: NEPA - Marine Food-Chains: Mercury - Site Restoration Law - Chemically Dependent Agriculture - Risk and Law: Pesticide Paradigm - Safety Claims and Free Speech: Preemption and Defamation - Air Quality Law: Margins of Safety - Vehicle Emissions and Public Transit - The Quiet Revolution in Plastics - The Tobacco Paradigm - Evolution of Tobacco Law - Land Use and Conservation Law: The Adirondack History - Property Rights and Public Lands Management - Land Use Law and Property Rights
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Environmental Politics and Law (EVST 255)
This lecture covers site restoration law by looking at the US Navys use of the island of Vieques as weapons testing ground. Vieques residents are filing a civil suit against the US government, which raises issues of burden of proof, scientific certainty with respect to exposure amounts and health impacts, and how the government protects citizens from environmental hazards. Professor Wargo traces the evolution of site restoration law, from the National Environmental Policy Act in 1969 setting the stage for sustainable land use, to Superfund amendments in the late 1980s that mandated more stringent protection of citizens from toxics.
Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website httpopen.yale.educourses
This course was recorded in Spring 2010.
Sam
Sep 12, 2018
Excellent course helped me understand topic that i couldn't while attendinfg my college.
Dembe
March 29, 2019
Great course. Thank you very much.
