Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Reclaiming the Environmental Agenda - Revised Edition: 1 (Strategies for Sustainable Development Series, 1)

This textbook is designed to introduce the reader to important and emerging issues in contemporary environmental law, policy, economics, and science.It explains the roles and interactions of Congress, federal agencies, state governments, and the courts in protecting the environment and public health from pollution.Topics include common law; administrative law; the role of environmental impact assessments and endangered species protection; and the principal legislation and court decisions dealing with greenhouse gas emissions, conventional and toxic air pollution, water pollution, the control of toxic chemicals and hazardous waste, pollution prevention and primary accident prevention, and community right-to-know.The text also explores various alternatives to regulation and concludes with a brief treatise on sustainability. The evolving role of science and economics in legislative, regulatory, and judicial decision making is explored.The text analyzes pollution as an economic problem and