Includes bibliographical references (pages 571-619) and index.
Contents:
List of administrators of US Environmental Protection Agency. David M. Konisky -- Clean air : regulation of stationary sources / William F. Pederson -- Clean air : controls on cars, trucks, and fuels / John D. Graham -- EPA and climate change / Jody Freeman -- EPA and the Clean Water Act / Jonathan Z. Cannon -- Safe drinking water / James Salzman -- Addressing land disposal of wastes / Marcia Williams -- Cleanup of uncontrolled waste sites / Gene Lucero and Marcia Williams -- Regulation of chemicals, pesticides, and genetically engineered organisms / John D. Graham and Penelope Fenner-Crisp -- Environmental science at EPA : providing good science for relevant policy / Terry F. Yosie and Bernard D. Goldstein -- How economics has contributed to EPA / Richard D. Morgenstern -- Politics and EPA / David M. Konisky and Megan Mullin -- Agenda setting at EPA / John D. Graham and Jonathan B. Wiener -- EPA at fifty : looking back and forward / David M. Konisky -- Appendix. List of administrators of US Environmental Protection Agency.
Summary:
"In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, this book brings together leading scholars and EPA veterans to provide a comprehensive assessment of the agency's key decisions and actions in the various areas of its responsibility. Themes across all chapters include the role of rulemaking, negotiation/compromise, partisan polarization, judicial impacts, relations with the White House and Congress, public opinion, interest group pressures, environmental enforcement, environmental justice, risk assessment, and interagency conflict."-- Provided by the publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.