The Center for Environmental Policy aims to improve the nation's ability to address environmental challenges through effective governance.
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Director's Letter
The range of issues associated with environmental protection will pose formidable challenges in the years to come. Air quality, water security, chemical use and disposal, biotechnology, energy consumption, losses in habitat and bio-diversity, energy security, and climate change are only some of the many issues American society will confront. Addressing them responsibly and with an eye to the future involves scientific, economic, and social choices. It also requires the ability to design institutions, policies, and relationships that enable policy makers and others to make connections among environmental, economic, and social priorities and goals...
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News
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Former NJ Governor: Slashing EPA Won’t Balance Budget
Christine Todd Whitman says the EPA "is under siege" in the wake of the nation's budget crisis.
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American University Launches Center for Environmental Policy
American University formally launched the Center for Environmental Policy at the University’s Katzen Arts Center on the evening of October 13, 2010.
Featured Faculty
Robert Durant, a faculty associate of the Center, has written extensively on environmental policy, including Environmental Governance Reconsidered: Challenges, Choices, and Opportunities; and The Greening of the U.S. Military: Environmental Policy, National Security, and Organizational Change.
Events
CEP regularly offers opportunities for dialogue with key stakeholders on topics influencing environmental policy.
Please check back next semester to find out about our upcoming events.
Featured Publication
Daniel J. Fiorino, Voluntary Initiatives, Regulation, and Nanotechnology Oversight: Charting a Path, November 2010.