The Government and Environmental Policy
Political Science 215
The purpose of the United States' public policy law is to implement restrictions in an effort to solve problems,
which can be seen with the Clean Water Act. Public policy has also been employed to reform the Endangered Species
Act of 1973. Although the United States government is noble in it's efforts to preserve the environment through
these acts, the internal structure of public policy often retards these acts' effectiveness. This paper will explore
the many ways in which factors such as horizontal implementation, divid…
