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' …showed first 75 words of 1753 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1753 total…Clean Water Act of the early 1970's. Although these processes do act in a system of governmental         checks and balances as the founders of this country wished, the effectiveness of the acts take many years of careful         compromising to become significant. REFERENCES 1. Adler, Robert W., et. al. The Clean Water Act 20 Years Later                  Island Press Washington, D.C. 1993 2. Horton, Tom 'The Endangered Species Act: Too tough, too weak,         too late.'         (1992) Audubon Vol. 94 pgs. 68-74