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Epilogue: A Look Ahead

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2011

Otis L. Graham Jr
Otis L. Graham Jr
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University of North Carolina at Wilmington
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Environmental policy is about fixing a problem—a large, complex, foundational problem. From the 1960s to the end of the century, the United States engaged this problem on a wider scale and with more energy than ever be-fore, as a part of a global, multinational effort in this direction. Seen from our experience and vantage, what are the prospects ahead of humanity and nature in the ongoing negotiation of our relationship?

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Journal of Policy History , Volume 12 , Special Issue 1: Special Issue: Environmental Politics and Policy, 1960s–1990s , January 2000 , pp. 157 - 176
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Copyright © The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. 2000

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