American environmental policy : the failures of compliance, abatement and mitigation / Daniel Press.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Press, Daniel, author.

Series:

New horizons in environmental politics.

New Horizons in Environmental Politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--United States--History--20th century.

Environmental policy.

Environmental management--United States.

Environmental management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 enviornmental 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 desi

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Abbreviations; 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; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78100-146-4