Painting the White House Green
Subtitle: Rationalizing Environmental Policy Inside the Executive Office of the President (RFF Press)
Contributors: Randall Lutter (Editor); Jason F. Shogren (Editor)
Publisher: RFF Press; Resources for the Future
Published: August 9, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9781891853722
Subjects: Central government policies; Environmentalist thought & ideology; Politics / Current Events; Government - National; Political Science; United States; Politics/International Relations; USA; Government - Executive Branch; Public Policy - Environmental Policy; Science / Environmental Science; Life Sciences - Ecology; Public Policy - General; Environmental policy
First sentence: On February 14, 2002, President George W, Bush announced two new initiatives: one to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and mercury from power plants-the Clear Skies Initiative-and the other to reduce economywide emissions of greenhouse gases-the Global Climate Change Initiative.
Description: "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.