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Freedom of Environmental Information.
The Freedom of Information Act makes most documents held by the American government available to citizens; the National Environmental Policy Act has unique requirements for the collection and disclosure of environmentally-relevant information, and a variety of specific federal environmental statutes...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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El Paso :
LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC,
2011.
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| Colección: | Recht und Gesellschaft.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1: Introduction; What Is Environmental Information?; The Significance of Studying Access to EnvironmentalInformation; Public Participation in Environmental Decision- Making; The Convergence of Environmental Protection and GovernmentTransparency; Chapter 1 Notes; CHAPTER 2: Government Transparency: A History; Democratic Theory and Government Transparency; A Brief History of the Right to Know in America; The Road to the Freedom of Information Act; A Legal History of the Freedom of Information Act; Chapter 2 Notes; CHAPTER 3: Environmental Law: A History.
- A Brief History of American Environmental Thought andActivismThe Development of American Environmental Law; Chapter 3 Notes; CHAPTER 4: The National Environmental Policy Act; A General History and Overview of NEPA; A Legal History of NEPA: Information and Reporting; A Legal History of NEPA: Substance and Procedure; The NEPA Transparency Clause; Chapter 4 Notes; CHAPTER 5: Agency Compliance with the National EnvironmentalPolicy Act; The Environmental Protection Agency; The U.S. Forest Service; The Federal Communications Commission; Chapter 5 Notes.
- CHAPTER 6: The Informational Provisions of AmericanEnvironmental LawsGovernment-Held Information Gathered During EnvironmentalActivities; Pollution Control Statutes; Toxic Substance Control Statutes; The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act; The Endangered Species Act; Chapter 6 Notes; CHAPTER 7: The Impact of Environmental Information on GovernmentTransparency; Environmental Transparency and Modern AdministrativeJurisprudence; Regulation by Revelation; The Viability of Environmental Transparency Statutes; Chapter 7 Notes; CHAPTER 8: Conclusion; Secrecy and the Environment.
- The State of Freedom of Environmental Information inAmericaProposals for Increasing Environmental Transparency; Chapter 8 Notes; Bibliography; Index.