American environmental policy [electronic resource] : the failures of compliance, abatement and mitigation / Daniel Press.
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TextSeries: New horizons in environmental politicsPublication details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd., 2015Description: 1 online resource (xv, 205 p.) : ill., maps ; cmISBN: 9781781001462 (e-book)Subject(s): Environmental policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Environmental management -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleLOC classification: GE180 | .P74 2015Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Measuring pollution -- 3. Failure at the end of the pipe, or why acid rain will be a problem as long as we burn coal -- 4. Failure when there is no pipe -- 5. Failure before the end of the pipe : missed opportunities in American paper recycling -- 6. Regulation beyond compliance, abatement and mitigation.
More than 40 years after the United States launched bold efforts to curb pollution and waste, American environmental management has stalled. Drawing extensively on recent environmental science, engineering, regulatory agency data and trade information, American Environmental Policy explores how environmental management in the US has fallen short of its early promise and reputation. Arguing that policies need to be redesigned for the 21st century, this book offers examples and principles of effective environmental policy reforms. It concludes with suggestions for how new policies should be designed, as well as examples of successfull regulatory innovations already in practice around the world. Environmental policy scholars, students and science and environment journalists interested in evaluating environmental policy over time will find this to book of value. The approaches discussed in this book will also be useful for environmental and natural resource agency officials.
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