Author: Library of Congress. Environmental Policy Division
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 1178
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Library of Congress. Environmental Policy Division
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 804
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 956
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: R. Shep Melnick
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2010-12-01
Total Pages: 417
ISBN-13: 0815720319
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In recent years, federal courts have become increasingly aggressive in shaping regulatory policy, abandoning their traditional deference to bureaucratic expertise. This new judicial activism has been particular evident in the regulation of air pollution. R. Shep Melnick analyzes the effects a variety of court decisions have had on federal air pollution control policy and assesses the courts’ institutional capacity for policymaking in such a complex arena. In six cases studies of environmental programs or issues he examines the interplay among the courts, the Environmental Protection Agency, Congress, and the White House. The conventional wisdom is that the courts have improved environmental policymaking, but Melnick concludes that as a whole “the consequences of court action under the Clean Air Act are neither random nor beneficial.” He finds that “court action has encouraged legislators and administrators to establish goals without considering how they can be achieved,” widening the gap between promise and performance. The results, he charges, have been increased cynicism, serious inefficiencies and inequities, and a lack of rational debate. An analysis of the institutional characteristics of the judicial branch reveals how these problems have come about and why they are likely to afflict other programs as well as environmental regulation. The author proposes several reforms to improve the courts’ ability to handle regulatory cases.
Author: Library of Congress. Environmental Policy Division
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 818
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Library of Congress. Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 1148
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ann Carlson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-05-09
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 1108421520
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Examines the successes and failures of the Clean Air Act in order to lay a foundation for future energy policy.