Rosenbaum’s classic, comprehensive text once more provides definitive coverage of environmental politics and policy, lively case material, and a balanced assessment of current environmental issues. The first half of the book sets needed context and describes the policy process, while the second half covers specific environmental issues such as air and water; toxic and hazardous substances; energy (both fossil fuel and nuclear); public lands; and a global policymaking chapter focused on climate change and transboundary politics. Covering major environmental policy initiatives and controversies during President Obama's first term and capturing the sudden and radical changes occurring in the American energy economy with fracking and the natural gas boom, this ninth edition offers needed currency and relevancy for any environmental politics course.

Key Features:
• The sudden transformation in the U.S. energy economy created by the expansion of fracking technology, rising oil exports, and the natural gas boom
• The failing commercial nuclear power 'renaissance' caused by the Fukushima disaster and its impact on the U.S. nuclear power industry
• The impact of congressional polarization on Obama's environmental policy and federal regulation, EPA leadership, and shifting public opinion priorities
• The impact of Obama's ambitious 'green energy' programs on public lands
• Commentary on the aging environmental movement and the challenges it faces to remain contemporary while competing for financial resources
• The environmental justice movement’s use of the courts
• Balanced assessment of current environmental issues helps readers understand key issues and controversies.
• Lively case material shows readers how environmental policy and politics plays out in the real world.
• Illustrative tables and figures illustrate key environmental information.
• A detailed timeline frames the initial chapter’s historical narrative of evolving environmental policy.

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Walter A. Rosenbaum is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Florida and director emeritus of the University of Florida’s Bob Graham Center for Public Service. His recent activities include an analysis of the EPA’s capacity for climate change regulation, prepared for the Brookings Institution; an examination of the data requirements for a new Federal Environmental Legacy Act; and preparation of an energy policy text for CQ Press. He has also served as a staff member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and an adjunct professor in the School of Public Health, Tulane University Medical College. In addition to his teaching and research, he has been a consultant to the EPA, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the South Florida Ecosystem (Everglades) Restoration Project.