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POL 310 Entire Course (Ash)

• POL 310 Week 1 DQ 1 Environmental Values Policy
• POL 310 Week 1 DQ 2 Common Pool Resources
  Privatization or Collective Action
• POL 310 Week 2 DQ 1 Climate Change
• POL 310 Week 2 DQ 2 Air Quality
• POL 310 Week 2 Assignment Air Quality and Climate
  Change as Integrated Policy
• POL 310 Week 3 DQ 1 Clean Water
• POL 310 Week 3 DQ 2 Energy
• POL 310 Week 3 - Assignment Final Paper Draft
• POL 310 Week 4 DQ 1 Land Management Policies and
  Habitat

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POL 310 Week 1 DQ 1 Environmental Values Policy
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• Environmental Values Policy. Identify an
  environmental amenity from the following list
• a. Clean air
• b. Earths climate
• c. Ocean health
• d. Wilderness areas
• e. Endangered species
• f. Clean drinking water
• g. Old growth forests

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POL 310 Week 1 DQ 2 Common Pool Resources
Privatization or Collective Action (Ash)

• Common Pool Resources Privatization or
  Collective Action. Identify two common pool
  resources from the list below, one that seems to
  be best managed by privatization and another that
  seems to be best managed through collective
  action.
• a. International fisheries
• b. Aquifers
• c. Forests
• d. Atmosphere
• e. Oil
• f. Herds of elephants
• g. Ocean floor mineral deposits in international
  waters

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POL 310 Week 1 Quiz (Ash)

• POL 310 Week 1 Quiz

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POL 310 Week 2 Assignment Air Quality and Climate
Change as Integrated Policy (Ash)

• Assignments
• 1. Due by Day 7. Air Quality and Climate Change
  as Integrated Policy. Address each of the
  following questions
• a. Should air quality and climate change policies
  be developed through an integrated approach?
• b. What are the benefits of an integrative
  approach to air quality and climate change?
• c. What are the political, social, and scientific
  obstacles to realizing an integrative approach to
  air quality and climate change?
• d. What are the problems with maintaining a
  compartmentalized or fragmented approach to
  climate change and to air quality?
• e. Are policies related to individual behaviors
  effective in addressing changing climate? What
  about air quality?

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POL 310 Week 2 DQ 1 Climate Change (Ash)

• Climate Change. Choose one of the following
  scientific organizations and review the research
  on climate change. Cite three specific facts that
  you learn about climate change. Does this
  information agree with what your local news
  station or newspaper is saying? Why or why not?
  Explain?
• To what degree do you believe that individual
  activities say, choosing to walk to work
  instead of driving can have a measurable impact
  on a changing climate? Why? How do you think that
  scientific, political, ethical, social, and/or
  cultural perspectives have shaped your beliefs on
  this matter? Use the following required links
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  Climate Change How Do We Know?
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  About
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  Reports

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POL 310 Week 2 DQ 2 Air Quality (Ash)

• Air Quality. Research and report (describe) what
  efforts are in place to manage air quality in
  your town and state. Remember to consider
  emissions testing regulations, air quality index
  use, and other components of air quality
  management. Which institutions, laws and
  regulations exist to manage air quality in your
  town and state? These may be local, state, or
  federal laws, regulations and institutions.
• Consider the things you do in your everyday life
  that might contribute to air quality problems.
  How did you first become aware that your
  activities might contribute to air quality
  problems? Did you (or have you) done anything to
  alter your activities, so that your contribution
  to air quality problems is minimized?

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POL 310 Week 2 Quiz (Ash)

• POL 310 Week 2 Quiz

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POL 310 Week 3 - Assignment Final Paper Draft
(Ash)

• Assignments
• 1. Due by Day 7. Final Paper Draft. Review the
  Final Paper instructions in Week Five of the
  online course or in the Components of Course
  Evaluation section of this guide. Then, visit
  the Writing Center, within the Learning Resources
  tab on the left navigation toolbar, in your
  online course. Review the Sample Outline.
  Format your outline for the Final Paper according
  to the Sample Outline. (NOTE In the Sample
  Outline, it states that the thesis statement is
  the last one to three sentences of the
  introduction. However, the thesis statement must
  be one sentence in length and the last sentence
  of the introduction.)
• The outline must contain
• a. Introduction with thesis statement
• b. At least five body paragraphs

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POL 310 Week 3 DQ 1 Clean Water (Ash)

• Clean Water. From a policy-making perspective,
  compare the challenges associated with addressing
  water quantity versus water quality issues. Which
  is the more challenging problem to address by
  policy process? Discuss the limitations of the
  Clean Water Act in addressing both water quantity
  and water quality. Besides the Clean Water Act,
  which other policy mechanisms or regulatory
  measures can be implemented to address water
  quality and water quantity challenges? Do you
  think that policymaking can legitimately differ
  based upon social, cultural, or geographical
  perspectives, or do you think that there is one
  right way to approach environmental problems
  through policy and regulation?

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POL 310 Week 3 DQ 2 Energy (Ash)

• Energy. Identify three different renewable energy
  sources. Compare those sources from a policy and
  regulatory perspective to determine which of
  those sources will become the most significant
  source for renewable energy in 50 years. Explain
  why your choice will be the most significant
  renewable energy source. How do specific demands
  for energy (e.g., transportation, heating,
  electricity) affect your choice? From a policy
  and regulatory perspective, what do you think has
  to happen in order to make your choice a reality
  in 50 years?

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POL 310 Week 3 Quiz (Ash)

• POL 310 Week 3 Quiz

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POL 310 Week 4 DQ 1 Land Management Policies and
Habitat (Ash)

• Land Management Policies and Habitat. Consider
  land management agencies, and their associated
  statutes and policies in the USA. How do land
  management agencies, and their associated
  statutes and policies protect habitat, even if
  habitat protection is not their primary concern?
  Specifically compare the National Park Service,
  the U.S. Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land
  Management when answering this question.

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POL 310 Week 4 DQ 2 Biodiversity, Extinction, and
Making Choices in Policy (Ash)

• Biodiversity, Extinction, and Making Choices in
  Policy. Some people argue that since extinctions
  have always taken place, they should be
  considered a natural process and that the current
  extinction rates are not a matter of concern.
  Others point out that the preservation of
  biodiversity is essential to the continuation of
  life on Earth and that human actions have greatly
  accelerated the extinction rate. Should the
  policy process take into consideration all
  competing positions even when those positions
  would result in opposite policy outcomes when
  creating policy? Why or why not? If positions
  that resulted in opposite policy outcomes were
  reflected in our laws and policies, would those
  policies and laws be effective? Why or why not?

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POL 310 Week 4 Quiz (Ash)

• POL 310 Week 4 Quiz

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POL 310 Week 5 DQ 1 Hazardous Waste and
International Environmental Policy (Ash)

• Hazardous Waste and International Environmental
  Policy. Consider the problem of the exportation
  of hazardous waste, such as e-waste, from wealthy
  countries to poor countries. How can domestic
  policy address this issue, when domestic policy
  applies to domestic issues, rather than being
  capable of governing other lands? What are the
  limitations of domestic policymaking as they
  relate to global environmental problems, and in
  particular, the problem of exporting hazardous
  waste? What can individual people do to influence
  policymaking in this context?

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POL 310 Week 5 Final Paper Policy Challenges
Presented by Environmental Problems (Ash)

• Focus of the Final Paper
• Write a paper that addresses each of the
  following
• Choose an environmental problem that interests
  you from the list below
• o Loss of biodiversity
• o Clean water
• o Energy
• o Solid and hazardous waste
• o Public land use (Please note that climate
  change and air quality are not options for the
  Final Paper because students will write a short
  paper during Week Two which focuses on those
  policy areas.)

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POL 310 Week 5 Quiz (Ash)

• POL 310 Week 5 Quiz

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