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Overview
Environmental Change examines the impact of hundreds of federal court decisions on the policies and administration of the EPA since its inception in 1970. Having surveyed over 2,000 federal court decisions, Rosemary O'Leary presents case studies of five important policy areas: water quality, pesticides, toxic substances, air quality, and hazardous wastes.Compliance with court orders, O'Leary discovered, has become one of the EPA's top priorities, at times overshadowing congressional mandates and the authority of EPA administrators.
For an agency often caught between the White House and Congressional agendas, the competing interests of industry and environmental groups, and turf battles with other federal agencies, O'Leary argues, judicial decision making is crucial in the public policy process.
Environmental Change offers valuable information in the fields of public policy and environmental law.
Editorials
Publishers Weekly -
The first Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), William Ruckelshaus, sought enforcement of environmental laws through the courts. Over the years, litigation has proliferated as large companies, not-for-profit environmental groups and, lately, other federal agencies, including the departments of Energy and Defense, have challenged EPA regulations with varied results (one case shut down the EPA's pesticide program for six years). O'Leary, who teaches public administration at Syracuse University, presents case studies of judicial/EPA interaction in such environmental policy areas as water quality, hazardous waste, toxic substances, pesticides and air pollution. Moving from the specific to the general in the final chapter, she discusses the cumulative effects of federal court rulings on EPA policies and administration. This study will be more useful to students and professionals in public service than to the general reader. (Nov.)Book Details
Published
June 1, 2010
Publisher
Temple University Press
Pages
280
ISBN
9781439904749