EPA's Reilly replies to 'unequal protection.' (response to National Law Journal special report, Sept. 21, 1992, includes rebuttal by National Law Journal) (Letter to the Editor)
Article Abstract:
The EPA disputes the National Law Journal's conclusion in a Sep 21, 1992 special report that the agency engages in environmental racism. The newspaper's methodology and data have led to this flawed conclusion. Using mailing addresses to determine minority communities can give inaccurate results since these can be post office boxes far from the factory. ZIP code data is an inaccurate measurement of a community's racial profile. Moreover, the newspaper's conclusions with regard to EPA enforcement were based on a small, unrepresentative sampling. The newspaper stands by its conclusions.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1993
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
The big green stick: reducing international environmental degradation through U.S. trade sanctions
Article Abstract:
The United States should employ trade sanctions for international environmental enforcement. For example, most favored nation (MFN) status could be withheld to accomplish diplomatic goals in relation to the environment as well as human rights. MFN sanctions could be used to pressure Indonesia to stop the destruction of its rainforest. Such use of trade sanctions by the US is warranted by the severity of the problem, as well as by the way in which principles of national sovereignty impede international cooperation to address the problem.
Publication Name: Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0190-7034
Year: 1995
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
International cooperation on the environment: the cleanup of Eastern Europe
Article Abstract:
The environmental problems of Eastern Europe cannot wait for the establishment of free market economies and the incentives that they offer. Assessment of priorities and planning the needed policies to reduce pollution will benefit by cooperation between East and West. Vital to this process is the constant flow of information, which will aid the task of cleanup and prevent inefficiency. Efficiency will be further enhanced by local, regional and global cooperation.
Publication Name: Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0190-7034
Year: 1992
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Limits on habeas writ aren't a 'novel idea.' (response to National Law Journal editorial of Feb 8, 1993) (Letter to the Editor)
- Abstracts: Foundations' social conscience. Pension funds should practice what they preach
- Abstracts: The 3d Circuit, following a judicial trend, recently refused to uphold a class action that had been certified to effectuate a settlement in the asbestos cases
- Abstracts: No death sentence for abnormal killers. States deny treaty rights to foreign defendants; countries now are challenging convictions of foreign nationals denied assistance of consul
- Abstracts: Penalty for failure to file complete annual report runs from report's due date, not date DOL notified sponsor of reporting deficiencies