Be sure to explain why there is environmental gridlock in Congress with regard to developing new legislation. Describe how interactions between the environment and politics can produce oscillations in environmental damage. How have these oscillations affected the U.S. automobile industry, dolphins, fishing in U.S. coastal waters, and Ducktown, Tennessee. Describe the relationship between the presidential electoral system in the United States and environmental degradation. With these factors considered, what type of oscillations can occur over time with regard to environmental damage.
Examples are always useful.
Explain the Exxon Valdex incident. Include lots of details with regard to the activities of the corporations and bureaucracies. Describe the approaches to environmental policies that were taken during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Finally, especially with regard to regular processes, explain the concepts of bifurcation, growth, and maintenance. Describe the evolutionary processes that apply to them, i.e., regular, periodic, chaotic, and catastrophic.