Policies and ResourcesTamera Leggitt

ENV/320 Environmental LawUniversity of Phoenix

Instructor Jerry McGinnisSeptember 12, 2014

Protection of Our World and our Future

(Leggitt, American River 2014 Drought, 2014)

(Leggitt, Crafting 2014, 2014)

(Leggitt, Deep Thoughts 2014, 2014)

US History Policies of the 20th Century

• Federal Water Power Act 1920• Public Utility Holding Company Act 1935• Rural Electrification Act 1936• Natural Gas Act 1938• Atomic Energy Act 1946• Atomic Energy Act 1954• Energy Reorganization Act 1974• Energy Policy and Conservation Act 1975• Energy Policy and Conservation Act 1975• Department of Energy Organization Act

1977• National Energy Act 1978• Energy Tax Act 1978• Natural Gas Policy Act 1978• National Energy Conservation Policy Act

1978 (Robinson, 2014) (Bureau of Power and Light, 1926)

• Power Plant and Industrial Fuel Use Act 1978• Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act 1978• Energy Security Act 1980• Title I: US Synthetic Fuels Corporation Act

1980• Title II: Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels Act

1980• Title III: Energy Targets 1980• Title IV: Renewable Initiatives 1980• Title V: Solar Energy/Energy Conservation

1980• Title VI: Geothermal Energy Act 1980• Title VII: Acid Precipitation Program 1980• Title VIII: Strategic Petroleum Reserve 1980• Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act 1980• Nuclear Waste Policy Act 1982• Energy Policy Act 1992 (Robinson, 2014)(Robin, 2011)

The United States Environmental Protection AgencyRichard Millhouse Nixon

(the Richard Nixon Foundation, 2009)

Coming of an Age(Rucker, 2013)

Policies of the 21st Century

• Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 2002

• Energy Policy Act 2005• Energy Independence

and Security Act 2007• Food Conservation and

Energy Act 2008• The American Recovery

and Reinvestment Act 2009 (Robinson, 2004)

Conservative Take Over

(Lonely Conservative, 2014)

The Liberal Stance of the 21st Century“That bright blue ball rising over the moon’s surface, containing everything we hold dear – the laughter of children, a quiet sunrise, all the hopes and dreams of posterity – that’s what’s at stake. That’s what we’re fighting for. And if we remember that, I’m absolutely sure we’ll succeed.” - President Barack Obama, June 25, 2013(White House, 2014)(Earth's First Jedi Knight of America Barack Obama, IcyAllEyeCan,

2012)

Coal

(E-CAT, n.d.) (YPTE, n.d.)

Coal mines

(OVEC, 2014)

Nuclear Power

Second Explosion of Fukushima (Power Tech Exposed, 2011)

(Bolte, 2014)

Nuclear Waste

(Uranium Information Center, 2002) (Infinite Unknown, n.d.)

Solar Power

(Horvat, 2011)

Wind Power

(Winchell, n.d.)(Uberprutser, 2012)

Dammed Hydro Power

Folsom Dam 2014 (KERO 23 ABC Bakersfield, 2014)

Folsom Dam 2010 (Earth Rice Edu, n.d.)

Hydro Power Without the Dam

Wind turbine model (Richard, 2008) Wind turbines in NY (Richard, 2008)

Natural Gas

Hydraulic Fracture Pads in Wyoming (Upachay, 2014)

Anti Fracking Protestors (Macgregor, 2013)

Damaging and Finite

Fuels of the Past•Natural Gas•Oil•Coal

(Robertshaw, 2009)

Looking to the future

• Renewable fuels• Solar• Wind• Geothermal• Hydro

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