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Habitat Federalism, Robert L. Fischman Jan 2006

Habitat Federalism, Robert L. Fischman

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THE COMMON IMAGE OF COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM INVOLVES the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) inducing states to adopt permit and other pollution abatement programs. States can tailor some standards, but public health benchmarks and end-of-the-pipe technologies are uniform across the nation. Inducements include both carrots, mostly in the form of federal funds and flexibility, and sticks, mostly in the form of penalties and loss of control.

This essay discusses cooperative federalism for habitat conservation. Habitat federalism focuses more on ecology than chemistry, more on cities and counties than states, and more on place-based variation than on uniform standards. It is about how …


The Perils Of Defensive Conservation, Robert L. Fischman Jan 2006

The Perils Of Defensive Conservation, Robert L. Fischman

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