Given the different circumstances of both communities and environmental media, it makes sense to allow those most directly affected by the pollution issue in question to decide for themselves how best to deal with it. Not only will the tradeoffs associated with differing approaches be more fully appreciated, but, given the fact that people prefer to live amidst those more like them than not, local decisionmaking will almost certainly prove less injurious to minority preferences than decisionmaking at some other level of government

More on Pollution

Commentary

Property Rights and Lake Cd’A

By Randal O’Toole. CDAPress.com. April 20, 2013.

In D.C., ‘Skip the Bag, Save the River’ Is Making Us All Sick

By Patrick J. Michaels. Forbes.com. January 23, 2013.

In Japan, Let’s Stop Sweating the Small (Nuclear) Stuff

By Patrick J. Michaels. Forbes. March 24, 2011.

Cato Studies

The Gulf Oil Spill: Lessons for Public Policy

By Richard L. Gordon. Policy Analysis No. 684. October 6, 2011.

High-Speed Rail Is Not “Interstate 2.0”

By Randal O’Toole. Briefing Paper No. 113. September 9, 2009.

“Clean Tech”: Does Going Green Mean Going Red?

By Jim Harper. TechKnowledge No. 121. December 10, 2008.

Public Filings

Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency

By Mark Moller. Legal Briefs. October 24, 2006.

Browner v. American Trucking Association

By Robert A. Levy, Tim Lynch, Roger Pilon & Ronald D. Rotunda. Legal Briefs. October 1, 2000.

Herbicide Exposure: Link to Disease

By Michael Gough. Testimony. September 19, 1996.

Reviews & Journals

Reforming Texas Electricity Markets

Andrew N. Kleit and Robert J. Michaels. Regulation. Summer 2013.

Uncertainty Can Go Both Ways

David R. Henderson. Regulation. Summer 2013.

Politics and Climate Change

Shi-Ling Hsu. Regulation. Summer 2013.

Events

A Landmark Legal Challenge

Featuring Patrick J. Michaels. March 1, 2012. Policy Forum.

The Great Debate: Can Smart Growth Cost-Effectively Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

Featuring Patrick J. Michaels and Randal O'Toole. December 3, 2009. Policy Forum.