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Integrated Pollution Control: The Way Forward, Lakshman Guruswamy
Integrated Pollution Control: The Way Forward, Lakshman Guruswamy
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Integrating Thoughtways: Re-Opening Of The Environmental Mind?, Lakshman Guruswamy
Integrating Thoughtways: Re-Opening Of The Environmental Mind?, Lakshman Guruswamy
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The implementation of environmental law and policy has assumed that pollution could be contained, corralled and interdicted within the medium (air, land, or water) in which unpleasant effects are encountered. Sweeping, but piecemeal, federal legislation in the 1970s aspired to create healthy air, together with fishable, swimmable and drinkable waters. Despite impressive gains, these goals have not been achieved. There have been painful failures, compounded by the mounting costs of environmental protection. While the need for environmental protection is generally accepted, the effectiveness and efficiency of regulation based on the legislation of the 1970s has been questioned in the 1980s. …