Saving Our Environment from Washington: How Congress Grabs Power, Shirks Responsibility, and Shortchanges the People (RN)

Saving Our Environment from Washington: How Congress Grabs Power, Shirks Responsibility, and Shortchanges the People (RN)

by David Schoenbrod (Author)

Synopsis

Through vivid tales of the pollution wars, a veteran environmental advocate shows that the Environmental Protection Agency is so big and remote that it must fail the environment and our society. David Schoenbrod reaches the surprising conclusion that we should strip the EPA of its power to dictate to the nation and replace it with bottom-up environmental protection now.
A terrific, albeit disturbing, read. Only someone with Schoenbrod's unique combination of legal, political, and practical expertise could write so insightfully about environmental politics. -Morris P. Fiorina, Stanford University Schoenbrod makes a compelling case that, by delegating lawmaking responsibility to government agencies, Congress has imposed huge costs on the economy and bad choices on the environment. -John Berlau, Wall Street Journal

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 22 Sep 2006

ISBN 10: 0300119844
ISBN 13: 9780300119848

Media Reviews
A terrific, albeit disturbing, read. Only someone with Schoenbrod's unique combination of legal, political and practical expertise could write so insightfully about environmental politics. Morris P. Fiorina, Stanford University Schoenbrod makes a compelling case that, by delegating lawmaking responsibility to government agencies, Congress has imposed huge costs on the economy and bad choices on the environment. John Berlau, Wall Street Journal An important and original contribution to the national debate on environmental policy. Schoenbrod's rich and varied personal experience in the field powerfully brings home the policy issues he addresses. Gary Marchant, Center for the Study of Law, Science, and Technology, Arizona State University
Author Bio
David Schoenbrod is trustee professor, New York Law School, and adjunct scholar, Cato Institute. During his tenure as an attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, he initiated litigation to force the EPA to reduce lead in gasoline and other environmental cases of particular importance to minorities and the poor.