RE: [External] [gep-ed] stratospheric ozone amendments

There is a table in Chasek, Downie and Brown that summarizes the overall requirements. That chapter can probably be used to make a different type of list. The ozone secretariat website once had a list of each agreement and what it did. I am not sure if it still does (I created one for Mr. Sarm

RE: [gep-ed] stratospheric ozone amendments

Peter, The list from 1985 Vienna to 1987 Montreal and 5 subsequent amendments and 13 (legally-binding) adjustments is on the IEA Database HERE . The simple table of requirements is not there but a smart undergrad could put this t

[gep-ed] stratospheric ozone amendments

Does anyone know where I can get a simple table that presents the various ozone amendments and what each requires? Peter M Haas Professor & Graduate Program Director 514 Thompson Hall Department of Political Science UMASS Amherst Amherst MA 01003 -- You received this message be

RE: [gep-ed] Good environmental trends

Colleagues, The debate over pessimism/optimism in pedagogy is always a hard one. To save people’s inboxes, I will take responses to this, both positive and negative, off-list and compile them and return them to the list. J Ron --- At the risk of annoying some (and perhaps many) on the

Re: [gep-ed] Good environmental trends

Two thoughts from my home town of Wayne, New Jersey The town had an EPA Superfund site. Back in the 1980s no one knew how dangerous the situation was, no one knew what kind of remediation was being planned, why the soil spent several years sitting under a tarp, and where it was going to be se

Re: [gep-ed] Good environmental trends

This may be tangentially relevant, but this project from the 1970s EPA could provide some clues: https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2009/spring/documerica.html https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/collections/72157620729903309/ https://www.citylab.com/environment/2017/03/

Re: [gep-ed] Good environmental trends

Hi All, In addition to Paul's list, there are a number of books that I use to talk about optimism in my sustainability classes. As he notes in the above examples, they are often Pollyannish. However, others are reasonably clear-eyed. I use Gregg Easterbrook's "The Progress Paradox" and Pinker's