This study examines the first generation of state and local policies in the US that require consideration of climate change in environmental impact analysis (EIA). Based on a review of six policies, the study finds significant variation in approach relative to the nature of analyses...

Environmental protection is one of the major challenges of the modern world. However, a different situation can be observed in Poland. The document which sets out the aims and objectives to be achieved in this area is the National Environmental Policy. The article presents what the main goals of...

Environmental protection is one of the major challenges of the modern world. However, a different situation can be observed in Poland. The document which sets out the aims and objectives to be achieved in this area is the National Environmental Policy. The article presents what the main goals of...

Proponents of environmental policies based on liability assert that strict liability imposed on polluters induces firms to handle hazardous wastes properly. We run regressions relating unintended pollution releases to strict liability imposed on polluters, exploiting variation across states and...

Following the intent of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, many states have adopted policies and procedures directing state agencies and local government units to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of development projects prior to their undertaking. In contrast to a rich...

Proponents of environmental policies based on liability assert that strict liability imposed on the polluter will induce firms to handle hazardous wastes properly and to avoid disposing them into the environment. Economic theory and a few well-publicized cases, however, suggest that a number of...