ENVI 300Environmental Issues

• Dr. Ron Kaufmann• Shiley Center 274 (x5904)• Office Hrs: Mo 12:30-1:30, Tu 2:30-5:00,

Fr 12:30-2:00• kaufmann@sandiego.edu• rkaufmann@gmail.com

• www.sandiego.edu/~kaufmann/envi300/envi300.html

• Name (given and nick)• Major(s)/minor(s)• Class standing (Jr, Sr, Super-Sr!)• Why taking this class?• Group/Presentation skills• E-mail address• Environmental issues – three most important

First Assignment – Tell Me About Yourself

I. The Environmental Movement in the US

A. Some Major Players1. John Muir (1838-1914)

• Founder of Sierra Club• Called for preservation of natural wilderness

2. Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946)• First head of US Forest Service under T. Roosevelt• Staunch advocate of conservation• “Greatest good of the greatest number in the long

run”

3. Aldo Leopold (1887-1948)• “Land Ethic”• Holistic management of wilderness• People responsible for maintaining environment and

repairing damage

I. The Environmental Movement in the US

A. Some Major Players4. Rachel Carson

• “Silent Spring” (1962)• Described negative environmental impacts of

pesticides• Galvanized modern environmental movement

5. Paul Ehrlich• “The Population Bomb” (1968)• Described potential environmental consequences of

rapidly expanding human population

6. Garrett Hardin• “Tragedy of the Commons” (1968)• “Lifeboat Ethics” (1974)

I. The Environmental Movement in the US

B. Important Environmental Legislation and Events• 1970 – National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), EPA &

OSHA formed, revised Clean Air Act (CAA), 1st Earth Day• 1972 – Clean Water Act (CWA), Ocean Dumping Act,

Marine Mammal Protection Act; DDT banned in U.S.• 1973 – Endangered Species Act (ESA)• 1974 – Safe Drinking Water Act• 1976 – Toxic Substances Control Act, Magnuson Fishery

Conservation and Management Act• 1980 – Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation, & Liability Act (CERCLA/Superfund)

• 1987 – Montreal Protocol• 1990 – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

(IPCC)• 1992 – UN Conference on Environment & Development

(Earth Summit); Biodiversity Treaty• 1997 – Kyoto Protocol• 2005 – Kyoto Protocol came into effect