The U.S. Environmental policy experience: A critique with Suggestions for the European Community

This paper recites much of the history of U.S. environmental policy, covering air quality, water quality, hazardous wastes, monitoring and enforcement, integration of environmental considerations into general economic planning, and the issue of federal-state relations. Policies are criticized in ter...

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Published in:Environmental & resource economics 1993-08, Vol.3 (4), p.359-379
Main Author: Howe, Charles
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air pollution
air quality
enforcement
Environmental policy
European Communities
federal-state relations
Hazardous waste
hazardous wastes
monitoring
U.S.A
Water quality
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Summary:This paper recites much of the history of U.S. environmental policy, covering air quality, water quality, hazardous wastes, monitoring and enforcement, integration of environmental considerations into general economic planning, and the issue of federal-state relations. Policies are criticized in terms of excessive cost and lack of effective enforcement, but successful and innovative practices also are identified, especially the use of tradable discharge permits and productive state-federal relationships. Suggestions for European Community policy formulation are made. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1993
ISSN:0924-6460
1573-1502
DOI:10.1007/BF00418817