9/15/08ESPP-781 Environmental Politics Sheila Jasanoff

9/15/08ESPP-782 Environment in the News New York Times, 9/01/08- 9/15/08 On an Infested River, Battling Invaders Eye to Eye, 9/14 Wind-Power Politics, 9/15 Democrats Reluctantly Embrace Offshore Drilling, 9/12 Call to Arms for an American-Led Green Revolution, 9/10 Reflections: New Orleans and China, 9/14 Huge Storm Slams Into Coast of Texas, 9/13 Oil Companies Brace for a 2nd Blow, 9/12 Hurricane Lessons: ‘FEMA Learned From Katrina’, 9/08 Friendly Invaders, 9/08 Any River Will Do for One Spawning Fish. 9/08 To Rebuild or to Leave?, 9/03 Beyond Carbon: Scientists Worry About Nitrogen’s Effects, 9/02

9/15/08ESPP-783 Course Organization and Objectives Instructors: Who are we, what do we work on? Audience: Who should be taking the class? Extension: What special arrangements? Syllabus: How is the course organized? –4 analytic frameworks: science, economics, law, ethics –3 policy framings: nature, pollution, sustainability Goals: what do we want from you? –Descriptive: getting the facts (right) –Analytic: asking good questions; getting good answers –Normative: thinking about should’s and ought’s

9/15/08ESPP-784 Course Mechanics Purposes, Expectations, and Logistics –Readings –Sections (Harvard College; Extension) –Requirements (assignments, exams, paper) –Group project –Grading Your questions about the course