Full Description
Ubiquitous environmental pollution and how we regulate it is now a critical issue. A Regulatory Framework to Remediate the Planet: Strategies, Outcomes and Implications develops an optimized regulatory strategy to minimize human-generated environmental harms to Nature by the generation of multi-media pollution and postulates a means to use these same techniques "in reverse" to restore Nature's ecosystems.
The core strategy is exceptionally far reaching. It will, among its outcomes:
Reform key aspects of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Upon adapting this strategy to regulating the generation of solid waste pollution, facilitate the transition to a circular economy (CE).
When further generalized, holistically regulate the generation of multi-media environmental pollution, i.e., air, water, onsite generated waste and solid waste pollution.
Present a rigorous method to mitigate global climate change.
Use economic and ecological tools to systematically restore ecosystems.
Formulate the existence of a Grand Unified Theory of Environmental Law and Regulation.
These outcomes are only possible through the intelligent use of rigorous, limit-based regulation, employing the proper blend of command-and-control and market-based instruments, all rooted in an underlying regulatory structure applied to the generation of environmental pollution which can be holistically applied as a regulatory strategy across all environmental media.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part 1: Prepping for Regulatory Surgery
Chapter 1: The Fundamentals of Regulating Air Pollution
Chapter 2: The Inherent Design Flaws of Regulating Stationary Sources Under the Clean Air Act
Chapter 3: Past Discussion of Clean Air Act Reform
Part 2: The Comprehensive Strategy
Chapter 4: A New Framework for Regulating Air Pollution from Stationary Sources
Chapter 5: Insights and Commentary on the Comprehensive Strategy
Part 3: The Adapted and Generalized Strategies
Chapter 6: Adapting the Comprehensive Strategy to the Generation of Solid Waste Pollution
Chapter 7: Generalizing the Strategies to the Generation of Multi-Media Environmental Pollution
Chapter 8: Commentary on and Implications of the Adapted and Generalized Strategies
Part 4: Pursuing a Grand Unified Theory of Environmental Law and Regulation
Chapter 9: Expanding the Use of the Strategies
Chapter 10: The Implications for Environmental Law
Conclusion
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