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VOLUME 29, NUMBER 1

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2012


The Clean Ocean Act

The Clean Ocean Act

It’s the Clean Water Act, passed in 1972 and still our best legal tool for limiting pollution entering the marine environment. When reading the statute with an eye toward the sea, the first step is overcoming the law’s system of limits and boundaries.

By Kathryn Mengerink and Andrea A. Treece
Environmental Law Institute | Earthjustice

With Another View by Robin Kundis Craig of Florida State University

   
Tallying the Rules

Tallying the Rules

The regulations finalized and proposed by the Obama EPA will have huge benefits to public health at a combined cost that is negligible to the overall economy.

By Isaac Shapiro
Economic Policy Institute

With Another View by Marlo Lewis of the Competitive Enterprise Institute

   
The Bottleneck

The Bottleneck

What happens to regulations after they are developed by the Environmental Protection Agency? They go to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the White House, where even in a “transformative” administration too often they wither on the vine.

By Rena Steinzor and Michael Patoka
Center for Progressive Reform

With Another View by former OIRA director Jim Tozzi

   
Testimony | The Secretary Flies in, and
Wings It

Testimony | The Secretary Flies in, and Wings It

At the Annual Dinner, Nobel laureate and cabinet member Steven Chu, freshly back from an energy ministerial meeting, received the ELI Award and then charmed the audience of environmental professionals. His message: With government help, we can do this.

   
Forum | Toward a Rational Energy Policy

Forum | Toward a Rational Energy Policy

Does our current energy policy make sense? We put in place large subsidies for the fuels we want to abandon, much higher than support for renewable energy sources. We increase our use of petroleum, forcing our country to maintain a military presence in the Middle East. And we can’t seem to make up our minds on how to handle climate change. At the 2011 ELI-Miriam Hamilton Keare Policy Forum, five experts pointed to the irrational and what changes make sense.

   

THE FEDERAL BEAT

By Margaret Kriz Hobson

Extreme weather events are already having a toll on some businesses’ financial bottom lines.

THE SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS

By Alison Taylor

When asked, “What is sustainability?” I can understand the confusion.

AROUND THE STATES

By Linda Breggin

Making policy and investment choices in the face of strong opposition.

SCIENCE AND THE LAW

By Craig M. Pease

We can have a study that is rigorous, or one that is relevant, but often not both in one.

IN THE COURTS

By Richard Lazarus

The action of the Court in granting review means EPA has some persuading to do.

THE DEVELOPING WORLD

By Bruce Rich

Civil society campaigns and legal enforcement succeeded where the World Bank did not.

AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE

By Robert N. Stavins

Democrats and Republicans take advantage of crises to push their agendas.

NOTICE & COMMENT

By Stephen R. Dujack

The Forum uses 21st century technology but has an 18th century publishing philosophy.

IN THE LITERATURE

By G. Tracy Mehan III

On the “pit bull” of environmental lawmaking.

ELI REPORT

By Brett Kitchen

Annual Award goes to Dr. Steven Chu, Energy Department Secretary.

CLOSING STATEMENT

By John C. Cruden

On lessons from a first grade class.

 
     
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February 1-3, 2012
ALI-ABA–Environmental Law Conf

February 15, 2012
New York Environmental Year in Review

February 17, 2012
Forest Management and Watershed Health

February 23, 2012
Roundtable Discussion: Environmental Justice

February 28, 2012
Rio+20: What Should Companies Know About It?

March 22-23, 2012
Clean Water Act at 40

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