Lessons From the Clean Air Act - Building Durability and Adaptability Into Us Climate and Energy Policy

Examines the successes and failures of the Clean Air Act in order to lay a foundation for future energy policy.

List of contents

1. Introduction Ann E. Carlson and Dallas Burtraw; 2. The Clean Air Act's national ambient air quality standards: a case study of durability and flexibility in program design and implementation William Boyd; 3. Stationary sources, movable rules: intransigence and innovation under the Clean Air Act Hannah J. Wiseman; 4. Leveraged federalism and the Clean Air Act: the case of vehicle emissions control Barry G. Rabe; 5. Promoting environmental quality through fuels regulations: lessons for a durable energy and climate policy Joseph E. Aldyi; 6. The Clean Air Act's use of market mechanisms Eric M. Patashnik; 7. Conclusion Ann E. Carlson and Dallas Burtraw.

About the author

Ann E. Carlson is the Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. She is the faculty co-director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and has written extensively on climate change, air pollution and energy law.Dallas Burtraw is the Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future. Burtraw has worked to promote efficient control of air pollution and has written extensively on electricity industry regulation and environmental outcomes.

Summary

This book examines the Clean Air Act to find lessons to inform policy makers at the state and federal level with regard to shaping energy and climate policy. Students and scholars will benefit from a structured introduction and evaluation of some of the most prominent programs under the Act.

Product details

• Authors: Ann Burtraw Carlson
• Assisted by: Dallas Burtraw (Editor), Burtraw Dallas (Editor), Ann Carlson (Editor), Carlson Ann (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781108421522
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42152-2
• No. of pages: 260
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; USA, LAW / Environmental, Environmental Economics, United States of America, USA, Environment law, International Environmental Law, Public international law: environment