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RECLAIM: Southern California's Failed Experiment With Air Pollution Trading

The bottom line is that capitalism may now be getting its ultimate test. For the smog market, more than any other system, will reveal whether financial incentives can prod major corporations into simultaneously acting for the public good and their own profit. Tom Elias The Daily Breeze, December 27, 1993

Marketing Failure: The Experience With Air Pollution Trading in the United States

Since then, the Bush Administration's "Clear Skies Initiative" has been officially unveiled. As appeared would be the case in mid-2002, it would establish a "trading" program in which the government explicitly approves emissions by polluters that would cause acid rain, smog, fine particle pollution, and contamination of the food supply with the toxic chemical mercury. Polluters could swap units of smog, acid rain, or fine particles--and the death and illness that they represent--like so many head of cattle or shares of stock.

Harnessing Consumer Power: Using Certification Systems to Promote Good Governance

A vast array of consumer products, including diamonds, timber, coffee, and rugs, have been linked to environmental and social harm around the world. Diamonds, for example, have financed global terrorist operatives such as Al Qaeda, and have perpetuated armed conflict and civil wars that have caused the death of more than three million people and driven more than six million people from their homes.

Judical Review Under the APA of Agency Inaction in Contravention of a Statutory Mandate: <i>Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance</i>

Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, presently before the U.S. Supreme Court on appeal from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, raises a fundamental issue of administrative law: whether the federal courts have jurisdiction under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) to review inaction by a federal agency when that inaction violates a nondiscretionary statutory mandate imposed by the U.S. Congress.

Environmental Management Systems in Federal Enforcement Settlements

Introduction

This Article analyzes data and information on the use of environmental management systems (EMS) in federal enforcement settlements. An EMS is an approach to management and system improvements which includes policies, practices, procedures, processes, and resources for developing, implementing, achieving, and reviewing the organization's environmental policy and goals.

Industry Files Litigation Against New Jersey Opposing Aggressive Natural Resource Initiatives

An industry coalition filed suit in March 2004, against the state of New Jersey opposing highly criticized tactics, including the state's use of a New Orleans-based firm known for representing plaintiffs in toxic tort and related litigation, to recover money damages for natural resource claims. The action seeks to end the state's plan to rely upon contingent fee attorney Allan Kanner to sue more than 80 companies for alleged damages to natural resources.