Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 1 HONR 229L: Climate Change: Science, Economics, and Governance Business and the Environment Your name here 28 September 2015

Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 2 Briefly outline Diamond’s motivation for writing this chapter (key sentence contains the word "practical")

Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 3 Compare and contrast conditions at the Salawati oil field in what is known as Indonesian New Guinea to conditions in the Kutubu oil field of Papa New Guinea (PNG), in particular as these conditions relate to local wildlife and the concern of the operating company for the respective locales. The book provides much more detail about the Kutubu oil field than the Salawati oil field. Please consider conducting your own research into the Salawati oil field, to supplement the material in the book. Consider relating how the “bottom “top down” government approach of Indonesia versus the “bottom up” approach of PNG may have factored into the ways these two oil fields were managed

Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 4 Describe the relationship between the Chevron managers of the Kubutu oil field and the indigenous folks who own land within the boundary of this oil field. Please also describe how the fate of the Bougainville copper mine in PNG and the Point Arguello oil field off the coast of Calif factored into Chevron’s approach for the management of the Kubutu oil field. Also: Consider conducting a small amount of research on Bougainville & Point Arguello, to supplement what is in the chapter Be sure to mention the economic benefit to Chevron (the winning of the contract from Norway) that resulted from the management of the Kubutu field Consider leading a discussion on whether students were surprised to learn of the Kubutu oil field

Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 5 Compare and contrast the approaches to the environment taken by the oil and gas industry versus the hardrock mining industry Consider providing examples of the damage & escape from payment via bankruptcy Consider noting the response of the Federal Government and some states, plus the shortcomings of this approach Consider asking students to relate whether they or their family/friends have ever experienced the type of environmental damage discussed in this chapter Finally, might as well summarize the anti-mining public sentiment in Montana and other states, as well as the bleak future of hardrock mining in the U.S.

Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 6 Consider a slide focused on the three sets of factors: economics mining industry attitude society’s attitude that Diamond believes are responsible for the difference in the approach to environmental standards adopted by the fossil fuel extraction industry versus the hardrock mining industry Outline, describe, and engage discussion as you see fit

Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 7 On the top of page 430, Diamond writes “clashes of interest involving irrational behavior are also prone to arise when the principal consumer has no long-term stake in preserving the resource but society as a whole does” (my emphasis, of course) We could spend the whole discussion on this phrase Prepare a slide that gives this phrase, then list some real world, modern examples of this type of “clash” Try to get the class to focus on how society can overcome these types of conflicts

Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 8 The Admission Ticket states: Write a brief essay (7 to 10 sentences) summarizing Diamond's take on the modern logging industry. Feel free to note the positive benefit of trees, some of the statistics on deforestation given in the book, the story of Aloysius should you so desire, and the impact of deforestation on climate. Fine to base this essay entirely on the reading or to work in some material from outside the reading. But your essay should bear some relation to the reading. Outline your summary of the modern logging industry, then lead a discussion of this topic For your outline, might be good to work Ikea and Home Depot into the discussion

Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 9 Finally, consider leading a discussion on this phrase in the book: Our blaming of businesses also ignores the ultimate responsibility of the public for creating the conditions that let a business profit through hurting the public: e.g., for not requiring mining companies to clean up, or for continuing to buy wood products from non-sustainable logging operations.