!!!Umweltpolitik

Environmental Policy here means governmental action to protect the 
natural and built environment from the harmful effects of 
technological and economic activities. From the mid-1970s onwards the  
Green Parties  have played a particularly important role in the 
environmental protection movement. Principal issues included the 
controversy regarding the peaceful use of nuclear energy (Zwentendorf 
nuclear power plant) and the river power plant project in the Hainburg 
Au ( Occupation of Hainburg-Au). The Federal Ministry for ( 
Environmental Affairs  was established in 1972; however, the Ministry 
had relatively few competences and was understaffed up to the late 
1980s. The 1980s and 90s, on the other hand, were characterised by 
considerable pressure in favour of environmental protection, resulting 
in fairly extensive legislation (Chemicals Act, Smog Alert Act, Air 
Pollution Act, Packaging Recycling Regulation etc.). Several branches 
of Austrian industry, especially the metal casting, glass, chemical 
and paper industries consider Austria´s strict environmental 
regulations as disadvantageous for the international competitiveness.

!Literature
V. Lauber, Umweltpolitik, in: H. Dachs et al. (eds.), 
Handbuch des politischen Systems Oesterreichs, 1991.


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