In order to delve deeper into my topic I now must begin reaching out to professionals who work in environmental studies. My primary objective is to find potential contacts and begin reaching out to individual firms and regulators. From them I hope to gain insight into what their particular role is and how they play a part in developing or utilizing the federal government’s policy for environmental impact assessments. I have chosen environmental impact assessments because this is one of the primary tools that are used by regulators to prevent the development of massively harmful projects to the environment. In addition, environmental consultants are often hired to do these assessments for projects which also provides an area of interest to explore where I can understand how the role of private and public parties merge into the same goal: protecting the environment. I am also interested in understanding, from professionals I contact, how closely they work with either the government or private firms to regulate and enforce environmental protections on industrial development.
Deepening my understanding of policy and the different parties involved in enforcement and development has prepared me to reach out to experts in the field. I appreciate that I still have much to learn and I am very eager to speak to individuals who work in the field.
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