Environmental-Policies

Write a 1000 words two part essay addressing the following questions:

Part 1. Consisting of at least 500 words addressing all of the following topics (a through d):

a. Describe U.S. energy policy in the 1970s.

b. Discuss the 1992 Energy Policy Act.

c. Present similarities and differences in energy policy between the President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama administrations.

d. List at least three U.S. laws that affect offshore oil spills.

Part 2. Consisting of at least 500 words addressing all of the following topics (a through d):

a. Describe the U.S. Bureau of Land Management including when it was formed and its purpose.

b. What was the purpose of the Wilderness Act of 1964? Was the act effective?

c. How does the Clean Water Act impact wetlands?

d. How has implementation of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 varied from 1968 to the present?