George W. Bush's Healthy Forests: Reframing the Environmental Debate

摘要: Jacqueline Vaughn and Hanna J. Cortner detail how the Bush administration, by changing terms processes of debate, side-stepped opposition put in place policies that restrict public scientific involvement environmental decisions. Their groundbreaking study analyses context legal effects Healthy Forests Initiative, Restoration Act, related regulatory changes. The authors show administration used news events such as wildfires to propel legislation through Congress. Focusing blame for on environmentalists' use appeals challenge fuel-reduction projects, restricted opportunities analysis, administrative appeals, litigation. argue these tools have a history diverse interests long protected Americans' right question government This readable identifies players, events, strategies expedited policy shift contextualises it president's career legislative history. Revealing change with major implications future lands process, "George W. Bush's Forests" will fascinate readers interested environment, politics, current affairs.