The big dirties -- Electricity, power plants, and the environment -- First steps -- Minor adjustments, major controversy -- The lost decade -- Major adjustments -- Cautious implementation and vigorous enforcement -- Retrenchment -- The Obama administration takes a new approach -- The war on...

In administrative law, it is generally assumed that once an agency promulgates a final rule, its work on that project — provided the rule is not litigated — has come to an end. In order to ensure that these static rules adjust to the times, therefore, both Congress and the White House have...

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) creates an adverse selection problem with regard to the manufacture of chemicals since neither the testing of chemicals nor the production of safer chemicals is generally required or rewarded by the regulatory system. As a result, better tested and safer...