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The Boston Harbor Cleanup, Paul F. Levy, Michael S. Connor
The Boston Harbor Cleanup, Paul F. Levy, Michael S. Connor
New England Journal of Public Policy
Boston Harbor earned a widespread reputation as "the dirtiest harbor in the nation" during the 1988 presidential campaign. Well before that campaign began, though, efforts were under way to reduce the amount of pollution entering the harbor. The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority was created in 1985 to undertake a massive public works program — including construction of a 1.3 billion-gallon-per-day sewage treatment plant and a sludge fertilizer processing plant — to end the decades-old practice of dumping sewage wastes into the ocean. The program will also cause water and sewer charges to rise dramatically during a fifteen-year period.
The project …
A State Regulator's View Of Environmental Regulation, Dean Marriott
A State Regulator's View Of Environmental Regulation, Dean Marriott
Maine Policy Review
The laws and regulations that govern the use of environmental resources have complicated effects on our society and our economy. Efforts to regulate environmental impacts are frequently controversial precisely because they have such complicated effects. No single perspective can adequately encompass all of the issues that arise in environmental regulation and environmental protection. Even the terms themselves suggest the fundamentally opposed philosophies that approach the assessment of environmental laws: While proponents of greater environmental activism emphasize the need to "protect" the environment, critics of more stringent controls emphasize that these laws "regulate" and limit the actions of individuals. At the …
An Economic Perspective On Environmental Regulation, A. Myrick Freeman Iii
An Economic Perspective On Environmental Regulation, A. Myrick Freeman Iii
Maine Policy Review
The laws and regulations that govern the use of environmental resources have complicated effects on our society and our economy. Efforts to regulate environmental impacts are frequently controversial precisely because they have such complicated effects. No single perspective can adequately encompass all of the issues that arise in environmental regulation and environmental protection. Even the terms themselves suggest the fundamentally opposed philosophies that approach the assessment of environmental laws: While proponents of greater environmental activism emphasize the need to "protect" the environment, critics of more stringent controls emphasize that these laws "regulate" and limit the actions of individuals. At the …
The Public Interest In Fairness In Regulatory Processes, Elizabeth Swain
The Public Interest In Fairness In Regulatory Processes, Elizabeth Swain
Maine Policy Review
No abstract provided.
The Many Public Interests And Public Decision Processes, David Van Slyke
The Many Public Interests And Public Decision Processes, David Van Slyke
Maine Policy Review
No abstract provided.
The 'Public Interest' In Public Regulation, David Platt
The 'Public Interest' In Public Regulation, David Platt
Maine Policy Review
No abstract provided.