Tag: environmental policy

Guest Blog: Electronic Waste, Where it Ends Up and What You Can Do About It

Post author By lindsaymcnamara
Post date July 14, 2013
8 Comments on Guest Blog: Electronic Waste, Where it Ends Up and What You Can Do About It

Guest Blog by: Craig Dsouza Craig Dsouza just graduted from the University of Delaware with a Masters degree in Environmental Policy. Read his blog ‘People and the Planet: The Spotlight on India’ here. On 20-something environmentalist, Craig writes about a common environmental issue in his native country: e-waste in India. A worn out old personal computer, […]

Tags China, Craig Dsouza, Electronic waste, environment, environmental policy, Ewaste, Greener Electronics, GreenPeace, Guest Blog, India, lead, mercury, PCBs, pollution, recycling, third world countries, toxic chemicals, University of Delaware

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Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) Series Part I: Overview

Post author By lindsaymcnamara
Post date October 8, 2012
2 Comments on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) Series Part I: Overview

Environmental policies are systemically intertwined with science, politics, economics and history. Effective environmental policies improve public health, environmental justice concerns and take flora and fauna into consideration. Beyond law and regulation, there is a feedback loop between environmental policy and environmental advocacy. Advocates may push for new legislation or new legislation may empower advocates. In […]

Tags air pollution, Clean Air Act, coal, environment, environmental policy, EPA, George W. Bush, MATS, mercury