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Arsenic Rule Benefits Analysis: An SAB Review.
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Bullard, Robert D. "Anatomy of Environmental Racism." In Debating the Earth, pp. 471-492.
Congressional Research Service. IB90122 - Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: The CAFE Standards. 2003.
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First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit. "Principles of Environmental Justice." In Debating the Earth, pp.469-470.
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Legislation Link: Clean Air Act.
Legislation Link: Clean Water Act.
Legislation Link: Endangered Species Act.
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Sierra Club. Sprawl: The Dark Side of the American Dream. 1998.
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Suggested Readings
Andrews, Richard N. L. "Risk-Based Decision-Making." In Environmental Policy. Edited by Michael Kraft and Norman Vig. Washington D.C.: CQ Press, 2000, pp. 210-231.
Baden, John, and Douglass Noonan. Managing the Commons. Bloomington, IN: University of Indiana Press, 1998.
This is an interesting critique of the "Tragedy of the Commons" thesis and suggested free-market solutions.
Brecher, Jeremy, and Tim Costello. "The Lilliput Strategy." In Debating the Earth. Edited by John S. Dryzek and David Schlosberg. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998, pp. 534-538.
Daly, Herman E. "Sustainable Growth: An Impossibility Theorem." In Debating the Earth, pp. 285-289.
Dobson, Andrew. "Strategies for Green Change." In Debating the Earth, pp. 539-555.
Easterbrook, Gregg. A Moment on Earth. New York: Penguin Books, 1995.
Freeman, A. Myrick, III. "Economics, Incentives, and Environmental Regulation." In Environmental Policy, pp. 190-209.
Freeman, A. Myrick, III. "Water Pollution Policy." In Public Policies for Environmental Protection. Edited by Paul R. Portney. Washington D.C.: Resources for the Future, 1990, pp. 97-150.
Gore, Al. "A Global Marshall Plan." In Debating the Earth, pp. 319-326.
Greve, Michael, and Fred Smith. Environmental Politics: Public Costs, Private Rewards. New York: Praeger, 1992, Chap. 2, 4 and 5.
Harrison, Kathyrn. "Talking with the Donkey: Cooperative Approaches to Environmental Protection." Journal of Industrial Ecology 2, 3 (1999): 51-72.
Kellert, Stephen. The Value of Life. Washington D.C.: Island Press, 1996, Chap. 2 and 3, pp. 9-63.
Knopman, Debra S., Megan M. Susman, and Marc K. Landy. "Civic Environmentalism." Environment 41, 10 (1999): 25-32.
Kraft, Michael E. "Environmental Policy in Congress: From Consensus to Gridlock." In Environmental Policy, pp. 121-144.
Kraft, Michael E., and Norman J. Vig. "Environmental Policy from the 1970s to 2000." In Environmental Policy, pp. 1-31.
Lafferty, William M. "The Politics of Sustainable Development." In Debating the Earth, pp. 265-284.
Layzer, Judith A. "The New England Groundfish Crisis." In The Environmental Case: Translating Values into Policy. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2002.
Lee, Kai N. "The Columbia River Basin: Experimenting with Sustainability." In Debating the Earth, pp. 96-109.
Leopold, Aldo. "Thinking Like A Mountain" (1948). In Sand County Almanac. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987.
McSpadden, Lettie. "Environmental Policy and the Courts." In Environmental Policy, pp. 145-165.
Ophuls, William P., and A. Stephen Boyan, Jr. "The American Political Economy." In Debating the Earth, pp. 187-203.
Ostrom, Elenor. Governing the Commons. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
A strong critique of Hardin's thesis.
Paehlke, Robert. "Environmental Values for a Sustainable Society." In Debating the Earth, pp. 147-161.
Population Action International. People in Balance. 2000.
An interesting summary of the population-environment problem looking at water, forests, agriculture and pollution. Useful data and graphics. [Click the title to jump to the web page for the full text.]
Portney, Paul R. "The Evolution of Federal Regulation." In Public Policies for Environmental Protection. Edited by Paul R. Portney. Washington D.C.: Resources for the Future, 1990, pp. 7-26.
Rinquist, Evan J. "Environmental Justice: Normative Concerns and Empirical Evidence." In Environmental Policy, pp. 210-231.
Sagoff, Mark. "The Allocation and Distribution of Resources." In Debating the Earth, pp. 131-146.
Schleicher, David. "How Does Science Matter?" In But is It True? Edited by Aaron Wildavsky. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995, Chap. 7, pp. 223-246.
Skolnikoff, Eugene B. "The Role of Science in Policy." Environment 41, 5 (1999): 17-20, 42-45.
Stoel, Thomas B., Jr. "Reining in Urban Sprawl." Environment 41, 4 (1999): 6-11, 29-33.
Torgerson, Douglas. "Limits of the Administrative Mind." In Debating the Earth, pp. 110-128.
Vig, Norman J. "Presidential Leadership and the Environment: From Reagan to Clinton." In Environmental Policy, pp. 98-120.
Wapner, Paul. "Politics Beyond the State." In Debating the Earth, pp. 507-508.
Weber, Edward. "Assuring Reductions in Acid Rain: The Case of Government Imposed Markets." In Pluralism by the Rules. Washington D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1998, pp. 148-183.