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2012

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The Case For Abolishing Centralized White House Regulatory Review, Rena I. Steinzor Feb 2012

The Case For Abolishing Centralized White House Regulatory Review, Rena I. Steinzor

Rena I. Steinzor

A series of catastrophic regulatory failures have focused attention on theweakened condition of regulatory agencies assigned to protect public health, worker and consumer safety, and the environment. The destructive convergence of funding shortfalls, political attacks, and outmoded legal authority have set the stage for ineffective enforcement, unsupervised industry self-regulation, and a slew of devastating and preventable catastrophes. From the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico to the worst mining disaster in forty years at the Big Branch mine in West Virginia, the signs of regulatory dysfunction abound. Many stakeholders expected that President Barack Obama would recognize and ameliorate …


The "Forest Roads" Case: A Stormy Approach To Judicial Review Of Environmental Regulations, Marie Kyle Jan 2012

The "Forest Roads" Case: A Stormy Approach To Judicial Review Of Environmental Regulations, Marie Kyle

Marie Kyle

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