# Environmental Politics and Law

- Institution: Yale University
- Department: Environmental Studies
- Teacher: John Wargo
- Term: Spring 2010
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment
- Source: [Open Yale Courses](https://oyc.yale.edu/environmental-studies/evst-255)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://oyc.yale.edu/environmental-studies/evst-255#syllabus)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Can law change human behavior to be less environmentally damaging? Law will be examined through case histories including: environmental effects of national security, pesticides, air pollution, consumer products, plastics, parks and protected area management, land use, urban growth and sprawl, public/private transit, drinking water standards, food safety, and hazardous site restoration. In each case we will review the structure of law and evaluate its strengths and weaknesses.

## Lectures

1. [Introduction to the Course](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/5b3624ae11bf) (Audio)
2. [Principles and Strategies in Environmental Law](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/a86d058b28e6) (Audio)
3. [Nuclear Experiments](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/bfd3d0bed1d8) (Audio)
4. [Nuclear Secrecy and Ecology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/a73d8e79d1dd) (Audio)
5. [Preparing for Nuclear War: NEPA](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/286d3feb0ac6) (Audio)
6. [Marine Food-Chains: Mercury](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/268ac96bacad) (Audio)
7. [Site Restoration Law](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/9fae62bd89a8) (Audio)
8. [Chemically Dependent Agriculture](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/6212a9d1533c) (Audio)
9. [Risk and Law: Pesticide Paradigm](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/3a7d9946b81f) (Audio)
10. [Safe Drinking Water: Science and Law](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/aab95d20859c) (Audio)
11. [Safety Claims and Free Speech: Preemption and Defamation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/44ca497338d7) (Audio)
12. [Air Quality Law: Margins of Safety](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/37fdb87d6ff1) (Audio)
13. [Vehicle Emissions and Public Transit](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/82d67b08eb2c) (Audio)
14. [The Quiet Revolution in Plastics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/fcd9363eebed) (Audio)
15. [The Tobacco Paradigm](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/3df09163a0d5) (Audio)
16. [Evolution of Tobacco Law](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/d40ec7800616) (Audio)
17. [Land Use and Conservation Law: The Adirondack History](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/47ad5074e340) (Audio)
18. [Property Rights and Public Lands Management](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/4c6ca241f1b6) (Audio)
19. [Land Use Law and Property Rights](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/2b931e217cae) (Audio)
20. [Managing Coastal Resources in an Era of Climate Change](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/3a4d6d364c9d) (Audio)
21. [Certification: Design and Green Architecture](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/754522e64290) (Audio)
22. [Past and Future of Nuclear Power](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/fae2c6542258) (Audio)
23. [Renewable Energy Policies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/55632ccf7237) (Audio)
24. [Reflection and Lessons](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/evst-255/0d77c2ed782d) (Audio)