I. What changed people’s opinions on cosmetic products that are harmfula. “Silent Spring” by Rachel Carsoni. Spring was silent because all the birds are deadii. Industry power threatens careers of government workers, who stayed silent about things they saw in government papersiii. When this book came out, Carson was vilified, everyone thought she was a vengeful hysterical female because she was dying from canceriv. Chemical companies’ efforts to silence her actually made her book more popular, because the conflicts peaked everyone’s interests1. She helped fuel a global movement to regulate toxic chemicalsv. US is first country in the world to develop a body of regulatory laws1. Good things of going first: n/a2. Bad things of going first: no precedents, so you need to experiment3. US used command and control approach, government says to industry they have equipment that will clean up what comes out of smokestacks, so they need to use it4. A lot of chemicals are grandfathered in, so they are not necessarily safe5. Many regulatory policies were created in the 70’s, since then there have not been many changesvi. The Great Compression: the great period of the middle class, difference between middle class and upper class is very small1. 70’s is decade of the environment2. bipartisan support3. very strong grassroots movementsa. “Selma”: movie that made Lyndon B. Johnson look like a bad guyi. however he was all for civil rights movements, he just needed grassroots support to push through the new reforms/ laws4. cold war: America trying to be better than Soviets5. Energy Crisisa. Arab Oil Embargo and formation of OPEC6. No polarized judiciary: so regulation would usually be looked upon favorably7. Up until 1980, US was running on Keynesians (markets are flawed and are not perfect, government needs to be there to provide direction for markets) economicsb. Global politics: global system has an absence of higher authority, UN does not have enough authority to enforce lawsII. Global dividesa. People in US felt like they didn’t need to do anything with the environment because other countries weren’t doing iti. Developing countries did not have the means to do anything and since developed countries weren’t doing it, they felt like they didn’t need tob. Pollution doesn’t respect bordersc. Lead states v. drag/VETO statesIII. Obstaclesa. We don’t have global parliament, must be done through consensusi. When there is powerful dragger state, it is hard to get them on boardii. Must try to seek consensus by diluting the policies so that countries are more inclined to joinENST 201 1st Edition Lecture 28 Outline of Last Lecture I. AdvertisementsOutline of Current Lecture II. Shifting ThoughtsIII. Global DividesIV. ObstaclesCurrent LectureI. What changed people’s opinions on cosmetic products that are harmfula. “Silent Spring” by Rachel Carsoni. Spring was silent because all the birds are deadii. Industry power threatens careers of government workers, who stayed silent about things they saw in government papersiii. When this book came out, Carson was vilified, everyone thought she was a vengeful hysterical female because she was dying from canceriv. Chemical companies’ efforts to silence her actually made her book more popular, because the conflicts peaked everyone’s interests1. She helped fuel a global movement to regulate toxic chemicalsv. US is first country in the world to develop a body of regulatory laws1. Good things of going first: n/a2. Bad things of going first: no precedents, so you need to experiment3. US used command and control approach, government says to industry they have equipment that will clean up what comes out of smokestacks, so they need to use it4. A lot of chemicals are grandfathered in, so they are not necessarilysafe5. Many regulatory policies were created in the 70’s, since then therehave not been many changesvi. The Great Compression: the great period of the middle class, difference between middle class and upper class is very small1. 70’s is decade of the environment2. bipartisan supportThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.3. very strong grassroots movements a. “Selma”: movie that made Lyndon B. Johnson look like a bad guyi. however he was all for civil rights movements, he just needed grassroots support to push through thenew reforms/ laws4. cold war: America trying to be better than Soviets 5. Energy Crisis a. Arab Oil Embargo and formation of OPEC6. No polarized judiciary: so regulation would usually be looked uponfavorably7. Up until 1980, US was running on Keynesians (markets are flawed and are not perfect, government needs to be there to provide direction for markets) economicsb. Global politics: global system has an absence of higher authority, UN does not have enough authority to enforce lawsII. Global dividesa. People in US felt like they didn’t need to do anything with the environment because other countries weren’t doing iti. Developing countries did not have the means to do anything and since developed countries weren’t doing it, they felt like they didn’t need tob. Pollution doesn’t respect bordersc. Lead states v. drag/VETO statesIII. Obstaclesa. We don’t have global parliament, must be done through consensusi. When there is powerful dragger state, it is hard to get them on boardii. Must try to seek consensus by diluting the policies so that countries are more inclined to join1. Ex. Montreal protocol: passed in 1985, way too weak, but overtime the countries of the world kept strengthening It so we eventually got to where we want to