Better Air

Better Air

Author: Jessica Lincoln-Oswalt

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781614707240

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The authorities and responsibilities of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) derive primarily from a dozen major environmental statutes. This book provides a concise summary of one of those statutes, the Clean Air Act. It provides a brief history of federal involvement in air quality regulation and of the provisions added by legislation in 1970, 1977 and 1990. It also explains major authorities contained in the Act as well as key terms and references for more detailed information on the Act and its implementation.


Pollution and Policy

Pollution and Policy

Author: James E. Krier

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-04-28

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 0520329821

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1977.


Measuring the Benefits of Clean Air and Water

Measuring the Benefits of Clean Air and Water

Author: Allen V. Kneese

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1135988269

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Kneese examines issues surrounding benefits assessment, including such tools as bidding games, surveys, property value studies, wage differentials, risk reduction evaluation, and mortality and morbidity cost estimation. He discusses methods for quantitatively estimating benefits derived from the maintenance or improvement of air and water quality. Suitable for undergraduate classroom use. Originally published in 1984