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Doing More Or Doing Less For The Environment: Shedding Light On Epa's "Stealth" Method Of Environmental Enforcement, Ronald H. Rosenberg Sep 2019

Doing More Or Doing Less For The Environment: Shedding Light On Epa's "Stealth" Method Of Environmental Enforcement, Ronald H. Rosenberg

Ronald H. Rosenberg

Since the 1970s, environmental protection goals have gone from general statements of political desire to highly articulated systems of environmental regulation implemented by federal, state, and local governments. Environmental statutes have been enacted giving administrative agencies such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the responsibility for translating broad policy goals into specific regulatory requirements. Through its enforcement program, EPA seeks to assure that these general goals are achieved by individual actors. This Article examines a recent trend in EPA's practices, increased reliance on internal agency methods of enforcement. The study analyzes EPA's administrative enforcement system with particular emphasis on …


Book Review Of Toxic Debts And The Superfund Dilemma, Ronald H. Rosenberg Sep 2019

Book Review Of Toxic Debts And The Superfund Dilemma, Ronald H. Rosenberg

Ronald H. Rosenberg

No abstract provided.


Reflections On The Jeffersonian Ideal Of An Agrarian Democracy And The Emergence Of An Agricultural And Environmental Ethic In The 1990 Farm Bill, Linda A. Malone Sep 2019

Reflections On The Jeffersonian Ideal Of An Agrarian Democracy And The Emergence Of An Agricultural And Environmental Ethic In The 1990 Farm Bill, Linda A. Malone

Linda A. Malone

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Green Helmets: A Conceptual Framework For Security Council Authority In Environmental Emergencies, Linda A. Malone Sep 2019

Green Helmets: A Conceptual Framework For Security Council Authority In Environmental Emergencies, Linda A. Malone

Linda A. Malone

No abstract provided.


Discussion In The Security Council On Environmental Intervention In The Ukraine, Linda A. Malone Sep 2019

Discussion In The Security Council On Environmental Intervention In The Ukraine, Linda A. Malone

Linda A. Malone

No abstract provided.


State Environmental Programs: A Study In Political Influence And Regulatory Failure, Lynda L. Butler Sep 2019

State Environmental Programs: A Study In Political Influence And Regulatory Failure, Lynda L. Butler

Lynda L. Butler

No abstract provided.


Private Land Use, Changing Public Values And Notions Of Relativity, Lynda L. Butler Sep 2019

Private Land Use, Changing Public Values And Notions Of Relativity, Lynda L. Butler

Lynda L. Butler

No abstract provided.


Environmental Water Rights: An Evolving Concept Of Public Property, Lynda L. Butler Sep 2019

Environmental Water Rights: An Evolving Concept Of Public Property, Lynda L. Butler

Lynda L. Butler

No abstract provided.


Book Review Of Eco-Pragmatism: Making Sensible Environmental Decisions In An Uncertain World, Lynda L. Butler Sep 2019

Book Review Of Eco-Pragmatism: Making Sensible Environmental Decisions In An Uncertain World, Lynda L. Butler

Lynda L. Butler

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How Science Has Influenced, But Should Now Determine, Environmental Policy, Jan G. Laitos Mar 2019

How Science Has Influenced, But Should Now Determine, Environmental Policy, Jan G. Laitos

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

This is an article about science and environmental law. More specifically, it is an article about two different versions of science, and how each has affected environmental law and the development of environmental policy. The emergence of science-driven environmental law has significantly affected how humans view and respond to the natural world that makes up the biosphere, which is the thin envelope surrounding the Earth that permits the human species to exist. This Article argues that humans, and law-makers, should embrace a different role for science. Instead of science answering “what is” questions, it should also explain the universal laws …