Reforming TSCA Progressive Principles for Toxic Risk Regulation
Despite 40 years of regulatory effort, chemical regulation in the United States has been a dismal failure, and our current law – the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) – deserves much of the blame for this regulatory dysfunction. When Congress enacted TSCA, the final legislation reflected a deal under which chemicals then on the market were “grandfathered” in, while new chemicals would be subject to a quick review by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). But experience shows that a vast majority of those reviews are based on inadequate data.
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Author(s): Noah Sachs, Matt Shudtz
Adapting to Climate Change in the United States: Seven Principles for Achieving Fairness
The impacts of climate change do not fall equally. As the waves rolled over New Jersey, New York, and much of the Atlantic seaboard during Hurricane Sandy last fall, climate scientists’ austere graphs predicting severe climate impacts suddenly popped to life. With that in mind, Alice Kaswan writes, policy-makers at all levels of government, whether considering the use of existing authorities or developing new ones, should attend to seven key principles and themes.
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Author(s): Alice Kaswan
Letting Nature Work in the Pacific Northwest: A Manual for Protecting Ecosystem Services Under Existing Law
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Author(s): Robert Adler, Robert Glicksman, Dan Rohlf, Robert Verchick, Yee Huang
Sweeping Corporate Immunity for the Fuel Industry: The Next Front in the 'Corporate Accountability' Wars
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Author(s): Thomas McGarity, Sidney Shapiro, Nicholas Vidargas
At the Company's Mercy: Protecting Contingent Workers from Unsafe Working Conditions
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Author(s): Martha McCluskey, Thomas McGarity, Sidney Shapiro, James Goodwin
Protecting People & the Environment by the Stroke of a Presidential Pen: Seven New Executive Orders for President Obama's Second Term, CPR Issue Alert 1215
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Author(s): Robert Glicksman, Amy Sinden, Rena Steinzor, Matt Shudtz, James Goodwin, Michael Patoka