A Corporate Good Character Law allows the state to take certain factors into account when deciding whether or not to allow a company a permit....
Title 3 of 1986 Superfund Amendments Reauthorization Act (SARA)established the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). EPCRA contains three major provisions: planning for chemical...
Toll roads are an example of road pricing. Road usage is charged directly and may include congestion charges – where fees are higher during periods...
Noise pollution is an intrusion into the commons. When boom boxes, leaf blowers, and jet ski’s emit their sounds, they degrade the quality of the...
Each night almost of a third of the light used out-of-doors escapes into the night sky where, instead of providing useful illumination, it causes glare,...
Largely a post Word-War II phenomenon, the word sprawl describes what its name evokes: formless, spreading, inefficent consumption of land. A “sprawling” landscape generally has...
Regulations to keep communities safe from dangerous chemicals.… Read More
Four states currently ban billboards: Alaska, Hawaii, Maine and Vermont. It is no accident that these four states are known for their scenic beauty. Businesspeople...
During the past decade, the national recycling rate (including composting) has climbed to 32%. Hundreds of communities have surpassed this level. Dozens report waste reduction...
According to the Center for Municipal Solutions, there have been more than 150,000 communication tower facilities erected in the last 5 years and industry estimates...
Some communities have banned the use of pesticides whereas others have used taxes to reduce the use of fertilizers and pesticides. While the level of...
Genetically Modified Organisms have raised questions of safety across the world.… Read More
On occasion, governments at the local, state and federal level make purchasing policies that take factors besides price into consideration. For instance, some state and...
The New England town meeting and school district meeting are the only direct democracy institutions in the United States involving lawmaking by assembled voters. Law...