By Daniel J. Fiorino
Winner, 2007 Louis Brownlow Award provided via the nationwide Academy of Public management (NAPA) and 2006 top ebook in Environmental administration and coverage, American Society for Public management. Environmental legislation within the usa has succeeded, to a undeniable quantity, in fixing the issues it used to be designed to handle; air, water, and land, are unquestionably cleanser and in greater situation than they might be with out the environmental controls installed position given that 1970. yet Daniel Fiorino argues in the recent Environmental legislation that—given fresh environmental, fiscal, and social changes—it is time for a brand new, greater version of environmental challenge fixing. Fiorino offers a complete yet concise assessment of U.S. environmental regulation—its background, its intent, and its application—and bargains techniques for a extra collaborative, versatile, and performance-based substitute.
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That is the focus of the next chapter. qxd 05/18/06 3:49 AM Page 27 2 How Did We Get Here? 1 This chapter describes and explains the old environmental regulation— the system of institutions, rules, and relationships that has constituted this country’s strategy for addressing environmental issues over the past four decades. The mold for this system was cast in a series of choices made in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Although this system has changed incrementally over the past three decades, it retains its defining characteristics.
This country was long viewed as a leader in environmental protection. It boasts a high concentration of scientific, technical, and analytic expertise. It has built an impressive legal framework that other countries have tried to emulate. Environmental managers from around the world come here to learn about monitoring, testing, and technology. At national and state levels, we have developed a formidable set of institutions and relationships for acting on environmental issues. And it arguably has achieved results.
Environmental strategy has by no means been a failure. In fact, in many respects it has been a major success. This country was long viewed as a leader in environmental protection. It boasts a high concentration of scientific, technical, and analytic expertise. It has built an impressive legal framework that other countries have tried to emulate. Environmental managers from around the world come here to learn about monitoring, testing, and technology. At national and state levels, we have developed a formidable set of institutions and relationships for acting on environmental issues.