Environmentalists say that under Syriza, forest protections have been weakened, energy efficiency policies undermined, environmental permitting systems deregulated, and renewable projects damaged by changes to support schemes.
The issue under general discussion will be whether or not the permitting systems of different countries are robust enough to avoid incidents, such as the Akademik Shokalskiy's, having such a big impact on their Antarctic programmes.
Both the Nature Conservancy and Environmental Defense, another large national environmental group that favors market mechanisms, are working to resolve those questions by lobbying federal fishery managers and regulators to adjust their permitting systems to allow for conservation easements.
Mr. Daggett, the former commissioner who headed a task force that examined problems in the department's permitting systems last year, praised Ms. Jackson's ability to juggle often-competing fiscal, political and environmental concerns.
US agencies for example have turned environmental statutes such as the Clean Air Act inside out: On state, local, and federal level, the agencies treat environmental laws as if they were broad permitting systems, with permit denials the exception.
In short: Under national concealed carry reciprocity, states that impose high bars through their own permitting systems could be undermined by the loose standards in place elsewhere.
