Saving our environment from Washington : how Congress grabs power, shirks responsibility, and shortchanges the people /

According to the author, the best environmental rules have come when Congress had to take responsibilities, or form states and localities rather than the EPA.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Schoenbrod, David (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2005]
Subjects:	United States. > Congress > Powers and duties. États-Unis. > Congress > Pouvoirs et fonctions. United States. > Congress USA > Government Environmental policy > United States. Science and state > United States. Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis. Politique scientifique et technique > États-Unis. Environmental policy Legislative power Science and state United States Umweltpolitik Parlamentarische Kontrolle USA
Online Access:	ebrary Contributor biographical information Publisher description

Table of Contents:

Introduction: then and now
Coming to the environmental movement
Congress does its thing
Leaving the lead in
Failure and success in cleaning the air
Growing power
The EPA today
What's science got to do with it?
Lois Swirsky Gold, chemicals, and cancer
Angus Macbeth and the Hudson River
Precaution and policy
Coming down to earth
A government of the people
Home rule
Vicki Been and environmental justice
Legislative responsibility
The rights of citizens
The boon of liberty
The appeal of law
The joy of doing
Conclusion: spaceship earth without a captain.