Managing Green Mandates: Local Rigors of U.S. Environmental Regulation

by Pietro S. Nivola

"A Brookings Institution Press and American Enterprise Institute publication

Federal policies have made great progress protecting the environment. But the policies sometimes have imposed inordinate costs on local governments.

Managing Green Mandates describes how various federal environmental directives do not suit diverse conditions at the local level, and compel local communities to spend their revenues on reducing relatively minor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815702337
• ISBN13: 9780815702337
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 62 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.6" x 8.5"