environmental regulation
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Our Toxic Environment
As our economic life becomes more complex and its technology advances, we need to match that complexity with regulatory processes based on scientific expertise and an approach toward regulation that protects the public but is also sympathetic toward innovation and the introduction of new products.
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The Importance of Corporate Climate Disclosure and Measuring the Financial Costs of Environmental Impacts
The ongoing effort to measure and report environmental impacts in the private and public sectors will embed environmental considerations in corporate and government decision-making like never before.
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The Regulation of Air Pollution That Crosses State Borders
Our world and our economy are becoming more technologically complex and interconnected; anticipated impacts have become routine, and our need for agile and responsive regulation is growing.
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The Financial Reality of Regulating Lead and Methane
The path to environmental protection runs through the reality of financial feasibility.
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Building Environmental Policy on America’s Support for a Clean Environment
To develop a winning strategy promoting environmental protection, we should look at our many success stories and seek to imitate them. Successful policy has been based on widely shared values: we all like to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and live in a place free of toxics.
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The Montana Climate Case and Our Obligation to the Future
Held v. Montana is a landmark case because—despite its limited practical applications—it is an indication of a paradigm shift.
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The Right Wing’s Endless War on the U.S. EPA
No one wants the environment damaged any more than anyone wants to see violence or crime. We need a new approach to protecting the planet, but that will not happen by starving agencies of resources.
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The Impact of the American Consensus Favoring Environmental Protection
The legal structure of American environmental protection persists because environmental protection has been added to the fundamental and irreducible function of government: to protect people from harm.
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The Impact of the SEC Climate Disclosure Rule on Sustainability Education and Management
Sustainability professionals must be equipped to manage in the evolving regulatory landscape that the SEC climate rule will bring.
