Title: Painting the White House green : rationalizing environmental policy inside the executive office of the president /
Authors: Lutter, Randall W.; Shogren, Jason F.; Resources for the Future
Publisher: Resources for the Future,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Environmental policy United States
Abstract: "Painting the White House Green collects personal essays by eight Senior Staff Economists for Environmental and Natural Resource Policy who worked within the Council of Economic Advisers from 1992 to 2002. These authors confirm the council's "severe" view of many environmental initiatives, a perspective that led President Clinton to label his economic advisers "lemon suckers." At the same time, the authors demonstrate that the emphasis on efficiency was to provide more effective environmental protection at lower cost. Thinking "green" meant thinking consistently about both economics and the environment."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: A tale of two policies: clear skies and climate change / William A. Pizer -- Head in the clouds decision-making : EPA's air quality standards for ozone / Randall Lutter -- Economic analysis and the formulation of U.S. climate policy / Michael A. Toman -- Saving the planet cost-effectively : the role of economic analysis in climate change mitigation policy / Joseph E. Aldy -- Making markets for global forest conservation / Jonathan B. Wiener -- Electricity restructuring and the environment / Stephen Polasky -- Do all the resource problems in the West begin in the East? revisited / Jason F. Shogren -- The good news and the bad News from Washington / Ray Squitieri.