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VOLUME 27, NUMBER 5 |
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010
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Car Talk | The Excellence of Efficiency
Headnote: In taking up transportation in 2011, Congress has the choice of rejecting “livability” programs or enshrining them in law. A return to the user-fees principle would help insure that investments in transportation place “efficiency” first.
By Randal O’Toole
Cato Institute
With Another View by Chuck Kooshian of the Center for Clean Air Policy |
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Turbine Charging | Sharing the Wind
Headnote: To maximize energy production, there is a growing need for regulation to govern conflicts over turbine siting. Policymakers have an opportunity to devise efficient, equitable rules to govern these disputes.
By Troy A. Rule
University of Missouri School of Law |
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Cover Story | Cleaner, Safer, Cheaper
Headnote: Bottom line economics and a quest for better environmental performance are impelling a closer look at urban greening and the benefits natural systems can provide. But such efforts are running into regulatory barriers.
By Lynn A. Scarlett
Resources for the Future
With Another View by Kevin Shafer of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District |
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Profile | IBM’s Systems Man
Headnote: Wayne S. Balta has been on the information technology company’s environmental team since 1990, a period during which it has become a global leader in corporate responsibility.
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The Forum | Updating the OPA
Headnote: The history of oil pollution legislation has tracked closely with oil production disasters, from the Santa Barbara spill in 1969, which led to the National Environmental Policy Act, to the Exxon Valdez in 1989, which resulted in the enactment of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. This year’s Deepwater Horizon disaster may well be unprecedented in terms of its scope and nature, and because industry and regulators were not prepared for such a massive spill at a depth of over 5,000 feet, this incident may similarly spur the development of new legislation.
Recent discussions on this front have focused on the OPA’s $75 million per-incident cap on economic damages and the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund’s $1 billion cap for all restoration costs, damages, and lost use claims. Is the suite of statutory and nonstatutory remedies adequate to make the public whole following this ecological, economic, and social disaster — and to help prevent disasters from occurring? |
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THE FEDERAL BEAT
By Margaret Kriz Hobson
We are going to need certainty to make smart decisions, according to Duke Energy’s CEO. |
AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE
By Robert N. Stavins
In debating risks and costs, there should be no tarnishing of market instruments. |
AROUND THE STATES
By John Pendergrass
Texas does not appear to be ready to compromise on the tailoring rule. |
SCIENCE AND THE LAW
By Craig M. Pease
Diet and tobacco are outside the traditional purview of environmental law. |
THE BUSINESS OF ENVIRONMENT
By Elliott P. Laws
Two Superfund sections addressing financial assurance and responsibility are at issue. |
THE DEVELOPING WORLD
By Bruce Rich
Given this record it would be negligent to not demand overdue reforms. |
IN THE LITERATURE
By G. Tracy Mehan III
On providing power to the people. |
NOTICE & COMMENT
By Stephen R. Dujack
The Deepwater Horizon oil well disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is a reminder of fossil fuels’ problems. |
RESEARCH BRIEF
By Elissa Parker
On compliance and enforcement in fisheries management. |
CLOSING STATEMENT
By Leslie Carothers
On the dog days, getting hotter. |
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ELI President Carothers comments on the BP spill and the fate of climate legislation in the Senate.
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