Encouraging Environmentally Sustainable Growth in the United States

Abstract

This paper analyses aspects of US environmental policy, including, among others, policy on air and water quality, water supply in certain areas, climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. Particular attention is paid to certain policies in agriculture and road transport, sectors with an important influence on the environment, as well as to the use of cost-benefit analysis (and in some cases specific prohibitions on its use) and the role of the courts in designing and implementing policy. While “command and control” style regulations have produced significant improvements in environmental standards since the 1970s, increasing attention has been paid to the use of economic incentives - permit trading arrangements have been preferred to environmental taxes - and more flexibility in some regulatory policies. These trends towards more cost-effective policies should be extended to such areas as fuel economy, where increased fuel taxes would be more cost-effective than the “CAFE” ... Ce document analyse quelques aspects de la politique environnementale des Etats-Unis, concernant en particulaier la qualite de l'air et de l'eau, la gestion de l'offre de l'eau dans certaines regions, le changement climatique et les emissions de gas a effet de serre. Une attention particuliere est portee sur certaines politiques dans les secteurs de l'agriculture et du transport routier, qui ont une influence importante sur l'environnement, ainsi que sur l'utilisation de l'analyse cout-benefice (ou dans certains cas son interdiction) et le role des cours de justice dans le developpement et la mise en oeuvre des politiques. Tandis que les politiques de type "obligations et reglementations" ont permis une amelioration notable des standards environnementaux depuis les annees 70, On a porte une attention croissante a l'utilisation d'incitations economiques - des marches de permis plutot que des taxes-, et a l'introduction de plus de flexibilite dans certaines reglementations. Ces ...

Original document

The different versions of the original document can be found in:

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/037506286027

• https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/encouraging-environmentally-sustainable-growth-in-the-united-states_5lgsjhvj8048.pdf?itemId=%2Fcontent%2Fpaper%2F037506286027&mimeType=pdf

• https://ideas.repec.org/p/oec/ecoaaa/278-en.html,

https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/encouraging-environmentally-sustainable-growth-in-the-united-states_037506286027,

https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2155668476