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Rolling The ‘Dice’: An Optimal Transition Path For Controlling Greenhouse Gases, William D. Nordhaus Jun 1992

Rolling The ‘Dice’: An Optimal Transition Path For Controlling Greenhouse Gases, William D. Nordhaus

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

The possibility of greenhouse warming has received growing attention in recent years. Many scientific bodies are calling for severe curbs on the emissions of greenhouse gases. To date, the calls to arms and treaty negotiations have progressed more or less independently of economic studies of the costs and benefits of measures to slow greenhouse warming. The plan of the present study is to develop a dynamic, global model of both the impacts of and policies to slow global warming. It is an integral model that incorporates both the dynamics of emissions and impacts and the economic costs of policies to …


A State Regulator's View Of Environmental Regulation, Dean Marriott Jan 1992

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 …


Environmental Regulation In The 1990s: God, Mill And The Fuchsia Car, Angus King Jan 1992

Environmental Regulation In The 1990s: God, Mill And The Fuchsia Car, Angus King

Maine Policy Review

Angus King has found himself on both sides of the environmental regulation fence, as he notes in this address, which he delivered at the PURE '92 Conference. Here, he offers eleven observations about the state of environmental regulation in the 1990s. An attorney, King is the president of Northeast Energy Management, Inc., which develops large-scale electrical energy conservation projects at commercial and industrial facilities.


A Public Health View Of Environmental Regulation, John Graham Jan 1992

A Public Health View Of Environmental Regulation, John Graham

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 Jan 1992

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 Jan 1992

The Public Interest In Fairness In Regulatory Processes, Elizabeth Swain

Maine Policy Review

No abstract provided.


The 'Public Interest' In Public Regulation, David Platt Jan 1992

The 'Public Interest' In Public Regulation, David Platt

Maine Policy Review

No abstract provided.


On Integrated Pollution Control, James E. Krier Jan 1992

On Integrated Pollution Control, James E. Krier

Articles

Integrated pollution control, or IPC, can be defined for now as an approach to environmental regulation that "seeks particularly to link air, water, and waste programs. Its concern is institutional changes that reduce total risk to the environment from pollutants." 8 This sounds remarkably appealing, which perhaps explains IPC's recurring popularity. As we shall see, it enjoyed a brief celebrity about twenty years ago, and it is once again in vogue-especially within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Is the Agency's recent interest in IPC a good thing? We worry that it is not. First of all, IPC has an …