02115nas a2200181   4500008004100000245013800041210006900179260001200248520140900260653001501669653001701684653003601701653002901737653004501766100002601811700002001837856007601857       2020                        eng d00aThe rise of technocratic environmentalism: the United States, Antarctica, and the globalisation of the environmental impact statement0 arise of technocratic environmentalism the United States Antarcti  c05/20203 a<p>Environmental impact statements (EISs), and the related environmental impact assessments (EIAs) which precede them, have become central elements of environmental management, governance, and policy worldwide since their introduction in the United States in 1970. Assessing environmental impact has a particular force and centrality within modern Antarctic environmental management and governance too. This article investigates the ways in which the United States used EISs and EIAs in Antarctica between 1970 and 1982 &ndash; during their first decade of existence in US law and during a geopolitically and scientifically vibrant decade in Antarctic affairs &ndash; as a way of illuminating the broader conceptual and historical aspects of this central, though understudied, environmental governance tool and framework. We historicise and draw attention to the EIS &ndash; individually, as a regulatory genre, and as a genre that articulates regional, global and planetary environments &ndash; as highly influential and powerful documents demanding attention from environmental historians and historical geographers. We argue that the prominence of EISs in Antarctica arose because they appealed to top-down, process-oriented approaches favoured in Antarctic governance &ndash; a technocratic environmentalism &ndash; and because of their spatial elements, particularly their tendency to upscaling.</p>10aAntarctica10aConservation10aEnvironmental impact statements10aEnvironmental protection10aNational Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)1 aAntonello, Alessandro1 aHowkins, Adrian  uhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030574882030027X