Advanced Introduction to U.S. Environmental Law

E. Donald Elliott, Former Professor of Law, Yale Law School, USA, 1981–2025, Yangzte River Distinguished Professor, Guangzhou Law School, China, Distinguished Adjunct Professor, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University and Partner, Earth & Water Law, Daniel C. Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, Yale School of the Environment and Yale Law School and Adam Babich, Professor of Law, Law School, Tulane University, USA

’The second edition of Advanced Introduction to U.S. Environmental Law is even better than the first. It still provides sophisticated analysis for advanced readers and careful explanations regarding how regulation actually works for beginners. Now, it also provides succinct discussion of numerous recent developments in environmental and administrative law.’

• Contents1 How U.S. environmental law is really made2 Recurrent themes in U.S. environmental law 3 The Clean Air Act: successful but slow4 Climate change: an “existential threat” not yet addressed 5 Clean Water Act: major progress but persistent challenges 6 Safe Drinking Water Act: once seen as a problem solved,but now new worries 7 Hazardous waste: cradle-to-grave regulation; solid waste,not so much 8 Hazardous substance cleanup under CERCLA: extrememeasures in the wake of a crisis 9 Regulation of chemicals: from toxic substance control tochemical safety 10 FIFRA: from misbranding to reasonable certainty of noharm 11 Occupational Safety and Health Act: makingenvironments safe on the job 12 OPA90: why economic incentives only work sometimes13 From protecting endangered species to promotingbiodiversity and healthy ecosystems14 National parks and wilderness preservation: “America’sbest idea” 15 NEPA and information disclosure: techniques copiedaround the world 16 Beyond traditional environmental governance:corporate sustainability, performance benchmarking,private standard setting, and public-privatepartnerships 17 Conclusion: the best and the worst Appendix: key Supreme Court environmental cases Praise for Advanced Introduction to U.S. Environmental Law