Breaking the environmental policy gridlock
By: edited by Terry L. Anderson.
Contributors: Anderson, Terry Lee, 1946-
Series: Hoover Institution Press publication ;; no. 439; Hoover Institution Press publication ;; 439.
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Environmental policy -- United States.; Environmental management -- United States.
Description: The contributions to this volume demonstrate how the principles of fiscal responsibility and individual accountability that have been applied to economic and social policies - essentially free market principles - can be applied successfully to environmental policy.

The authors offer ten commonsense reforms as a starting point, all based on the compelling arguments that a new system of positive incentives can get us more environmental quality at lower cost. These reforms include land lease programs for nontraditional commodity production, long-term transferable land permits, landowner compensation for regulated endangered species property, and performance-based (as opposed to technology-based) water and air pollution laws.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.