Table of Contents ().................................................1
Introduction ()
A Vision for Environmental Policy............................................................3
Environmental Trends...........................................................................7
Agricultural Biotechnology ()
Overview............................................................................................13
Regulation..........................................................................................15
Chemical Risk ()
Overview............................................................................................21
The True Causes of Cancer..................................................................25
Endocrine Disrupters............................................................................31
Clean Air Act ()
Overview............................................................................................37
The Clean Air Act and Higher Gasoline Prices.........................................39
The Clean Air Act’s MTBE Mistake.........................................................41
Ozone and Particulate Matter Standards................................................43
Clean Water Act ()
Overview............................................................................................45
Total Maximum Daily Load Rule............................................................49
Wetlands............................................................................................53
Environmental Education ()
Overview............................................................................................59
Federal Environmental Education...........................................................63
Global Warming ()
Overview............................................................................................67
The Kyoto Protocol...............................................................................69
Global Warming Science.......................................................................73
Automobile Fuel Economy Standards.....................................................81
Home Appliance Efficiency Standards.....................................................85
International Policy ()
Overview............................................................................................87
Ozone Depletion and the Montreal Protocol............................................91
Population..........................................................................................93
POPs Convention.................................................................................95
Lands and Wildlife ()
Overview............................................................................................99
Endangered Species Act......................................................................103
Forest Health.....................................................................................107
Grazing.............................................................................................111
Roadless Areas..................................................................................115
Pesticide Regulation ()
Overview...........................................................................................117
Food Quality Protection Act Implementation..........................................121
Pesticides and Agriculture...................................................................125
Pesticides and Public Health................................................................129
Regulatory Reform ()
Overview..........................................................................................135
Congressional Responsibility Act.........................................................137
Environmental Audits.........................................................................141
Regulatory Right to Know...................................................................143
Safe Drinking Water Act ()
Overview..........................................................................................147
Arsenic.............................................................................................151
Disinfection By-Products.....................................................................155
Radon..............................................................................................157
Rural Drinking Water..........................................................................161
Solid and Hazardous Waste ()
Overview...........................................................................................163
Superfund.........................................................................................165
Brownfields.......................................................................................171
Interstate Waste Commerce................................................................175
Toxics Release Inventory....................................................................179
Waste Management...........................................................................183
Urban Sprawl ()
Overview..........................................................................................187
Air Quality and Automobiles...............................................................189
Affordable Housing............................................................................191
Open Space and Farmland.................................................................195
Transportation..................................................................................197
About the Authors ()...........................................201