About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

24 Harv. J. L. & Pub. Pol'y 653 (2000-2001)
Free & (and) Green: A New Approach to Environmental Protection

handle is hein.journals/hjlpp24 and id is 671 raw text is: FREE & GREEN: A NEW APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION JONATHAN H. ADLER7 I. INTRODUCTION ......................................................... 653 II. DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM ................................... 657 A. The Callfor Change ................................................ 657 B. The Failure of Central Ecological Planning ........... 661 III. PROPERTY-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: THE FREE MARKET ALTERNATIVE ........................ 667 IV. PRINCIPLES FOR REFORM ....................................... 676 A. First, Do No Harm ................................................... 677 B. Green Through Growth ........................................... 681 C. Promote and Protect Private Property .................... 684 D, Make the Polluter Pay ............................................. 687 E. Decentralize Decisionmaking .................................. 690 V. CONCLUSION ........................................................... 694 I. INTRODUCTION There has been substantial environmental progress over the past several decades. Air and water quality, in particular, have improved, while the United States and other nations have reached unprecedented levels of prosperity. The apparent environmental successes of the past thirty to forty years, however, should not blind us to the deficiencies of the dominant approach to environmental protection. Today's environmental programs will not be able to continue the trend * Law Clerk, Hon. David B. Sentelle, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Portions of this article are the outgrowth of work performed while the author was senior fellow in environmental policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. The author would like to thank those who offered comments and criticism, including Bishop Grewell, Brent McIntosh, Nathan Sales, Serina Vandegrift, and Todd Zywicki. The opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author, who is fully responsible for any errors or ormssions.

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Short-term subscription options include 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week to HeinOnline.

Purchase Access

Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most