Congress and air pollution : environmental policies in the USA

The means, methods and efficiency of America's efforts to control air pollution have been the subject of considerable public debate in recent years.

This book explains the timing and shape of these efforts and explores the possiblity of changes. Chapters of the book discuss the costs and benefits of air pollution control in the United States, develop a conceptual framework to understand legislative production, present aggregate data on congressional activity and detail the development of five distinct policy phases.