Student Symposium on Energy and Environmental Policy Research
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Presented by the students of Winter 2018 Pub Pol 495: Energy and Environmental Policy ResearchDate & time
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Free and open to the public
About the symposium:
Student panels will discuss the implications of their independent research projects on state and local environmental policy on issues including water, energy, climate change, and land use.
This event showcases the work of Ford School BA students enrolled in a section of PubPol 495 that is part of the CLOSUP in the Classroom Initiative.
Panel 1: Human Considerations in Environmental Policy
American Media Framing of World Population Growth
Comparing Context of Local Government Response to Sea Level Rise in Norfolk and Miami
Was the Flint water crisis a focusing event? An analysis of the public reaction to the Flint crisis
The Effect of Public Opinion on International Environmental Agreements in the U.S. and China
The Prioritization of the Prisoner Community versus the Host-Community
in the Relocation of Utah’s Draper State Prison
Changing Winds of Community Attitudes Towards Wind Energy Development:
an Analysis of Huron County, Michigan
Panel 2: Economic Considerations in Environmental Policy
Comparing What Triggered Renewable Energy Development in Jordan and Morocco
The Politics of the Gas Tax: Exploring State Politics and the Oil Industry
Framing Local Parking Restrictions as Climate Change Mitigation Policies
Disparities in Green Infrastructure Implementation in Washtenaw County, Michigan
Examining policy attitudes towards land exchanges and urban infrastructure in
Alaskan National Wildlife Refuges
Panel 3: Political Considerations in Environmental Policy
Analyzing the Evolution of the Renewable Portfolio Standard in the United States
Exploring Current Republican Senators’ Portrayal of Climate Change and Mitigation Policies
Virginia’s Road to RGGI: A Case Study of State-Level Cap-and-Trade Adoption
An Inquiry into Renewable Energy Credit Trading Within and Among States
How the Future of Nuclear Energy is Framed by the Obama and Trump Administrations
The Role of National and State Actors in the Cape Town Water Crisis
Sponsored by:
University of Michigan Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP)
For more information:
Visit www.closup.umich.edu or call 734-647-4091. Follow on Twitter @closup