The Accomplishments and Limits of Environmental Policy

Supporting and expressing support for environmental policies

Environmental policy support is controlled by a person's environmental attitude. •. Support is also controlled by the costs that accompany a specific policy. •.

Environmental policy, government, and the market | Oxford

Environmental policy is made in a context of both market failure and government failure. On the one hand, leaving environmental protection to the free market, ...

Environmental Laws: Summaries of Major Statutes Administered by ...

The Clean Air Act (CAA) authorizes EPA to set mobile source limits, ambient air quality standards, hazardous air pollutant emission standards, ...

Market-Based Approaches to Environmental Policy: A “Refresher ...

This article, drawn from an archived issue of Resources in 2003, expounds on the effectiveness of market-based solutions to pollution problems.

Environmental Policy Statement

To the extent practical, facilities development and maintenance will promote environmental sustainability through resource conservation, ecologically-sound ...

The Clinton Presidency: Protecting Our Environment and Public Health

Environmental opponents force choices between clean environment and strong economy. In 1992, special interests and polluters defeated progress by saying that ...

Critical issues in implementation of environmental policys - UNECE

It highlights critical issues in implementation of environmental policies which recur in a majority of reviewed countries: the lack of political support for ...

How Cities Are Leading the Fight Against Climate Change - NYU

Wyman: There are two major constraints to local environmental policy, which inform the areas in which they have been ineffective. First ...

Environmental Policy Implementation: Lessons Learned II

Problem diagnosis is the set of activities undertaken to identify environmental problems and their underlying causes, as well as limitations of existing ...

Never Eliminate Public Advice: NEPA Success Stories - NRDC

Why is the National Environmental Policy Act so important ... limit meaningful public participation on water projects, such as the ...

2. Current Environmental Policy - European Environment Agency

Environmental problems are no respecters of national boundaries, yet it remains the case that the principal actors at international level are nation states.

A Long and Winding Road: How the National Environmental Policy ...

In this paper, Mark Rutzick discusses the National Environmental Policy Act, explores how it has developed since its enactment in 1970, examines the costs and ...

Environmental Policy News - ScienceDaily

Nov. 7, 2024 — Plastic pollution exacerbates the impacts of all planetary boundaries, including climate change, ocean acidification and biodiversity loss, a new ...

Environmental policy - Wikipedia

Environmental policy is the commitment of an organization or government to the laws, regulations, and other policy mechanisms concerning environmental ...

Science and environmental policy—making them compatible

At the extreme, it is conceivable that society would turn exclusively to the legal or regulatory arena to provide solutions to environmental problems. If the ...

Barriers and opportunities to incorporating environmental justice in ...

The US's EIA regulation, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, requires 1) that federal agencies assess the potential environmental effects of ...

Environmental Policy for Developing Countries

Most nations lack the infrastructure and expertise necessary to implement the market-based strategies being recommended by the international development ...

Descriptions of All Policies | FEMA.gov

NEPA is a federal law that established a national policy for the protection and maintenance of the environment. NEPA provides a broad planning ...

Phase 2 Revisions to U.S. National Environmental Policy Act ...

And by adding requirements to assess enforceable mitigation measures and restoring language in the regulatory purpose, CEQ reemphasizes its ...

Building Public and Political Will for Climate Change Action

... limit global warming to “safe” levels. ... These groups will be vital to the achievement of strong and sustained climate change policies.