The Environmental Protection Agency: Asking the Wrong Questions: From Nixon to Clinton / Edition 1

by Marc K. Landy, Marc J. Roberts, Stephen R. Thomas

Overview

Tracing the history of the American environmental watchdog body, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since its inception in 1970, this study critically examines its actions on key environmental issues and regulations. The edition includes new chapters on the Bush and Clinton administrations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195086737
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/16/1994
Edition description:	EXP
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	9.25(w) x 6.12(h) x 1.11(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. The Origins and Development of the Environmental Protection Agency3. Revising the Ozone Standard4. Writing the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Regulations5. Passing Superfund6. Forging a Cancer Policy: The Interagency Regulatory Liaison7. The Steel Industry and Enforcing the Clean Air Act8. The Reagan Administration9. The Bush and Clinton Administrations10. Conclusions