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The Politics Of Pollution, Another Fallout Of Acid Rain, Cynthia L. Anderson
The Politics Of Pollution, Another Fallout Of Acid Rain, Cynthia L. Anderson
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
The threat of acid rain is a side effect of the switch to coal as a major fuel for producing energy in the United States. Despite the existence of technology to reduce the pollutants that cause acid rain, the emissions of sulfur and nitric oxides are likely to increase because among several factors of political resistance to regulatory controls. The politics of pollution pit energy production and economic growth against environmental quality. Developing a regulatory policy is further complicated by the difficulty of isolating specific environmental effects attributable to acid rain apart from natural causes within the ecosystem. The question …
Education As A Strategy In Foreign Policy Of The United States, Ghulam M. Haniff
Education As A Strategy In Foreign Policy Of The United States, Ghulam M. Haniff
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
The role of international education as an element in the foreign policy strategy of the United States is examined from the end of World War II until the late sixties. It is hypothesized that education was used as a convenient device during the period of the Cold War for conducting international relations when the battle for men's minds was being fought by the superpowers. Data presented indicates that with the intensification of the Cold War, a greater interest was expressed in international educational projects. As an instrument of the United States foreign policy, education was conceived as a convenient format …