Environmental Studies

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This paper reviews and discusses the books "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson and "Cities in the Wilderness" by Bruce Babbitt. The paper then goes on to discuss how the presidents of the USA have dealt with energy and environmental issues, similar to those raised by Carson and Babbitt in their respective books.

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"The Nixon administration was ineffectual at changing the policy, and gradually, the oil embargo ended and gas lines disappeared. In addition, many different public agencies oversaw the energy policy, and that was inefficient at best. President Carter attempted to find alternative energy sources and regulate fuel consumption but Congress would not work with him. When Reagan took office in 1980, he did make some attempts to lower gas prices, but his administration still supported the oil and gas producers more than the people, in fact, his was a decade of close relationships with key oil and gas producers. He even removed the solar electricity generating panels President Carter had installed to help reduce energy costs at the White House. It is clear that the real solution is to raise energy taxes, but no president has been willing to go that far with their policy and thereby alienate many of the people."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Babbitt, Bruce. Cities in the Wilderness-A New Vision of Land Use in America, Washington D.C.: Island Press, 2005.
• Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring- Rachel Carson 40th Anniversary Edition, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
• Switzer, Jacqueline Vaughn. Environmental Politics: Domestic and Global Dimensions, 4th edition, United States: Thompson, 2004.

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