Dimensions of State Environmental Policies |
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| Authors: | Matthew Potoski Neal D Woods |
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| Institution: | Matthew Potoski;is assistant professor at Iowa State University. He teaches courses on public policy, administration, and politics. Neal D. Woods;is assistant professor in the Department of Government and International Studies at the University of South Carolina. He has teaching and research interests in public policy and public administration. |
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| Abstract: | States have developed an array of environmental programs in response to a variety of political and environmental factors. This article examines three state clean air programs—setting ambient standards, ambient monitoring, and enforcement—and shows how each program has a distinct set of empirical determinants, reflecting the programs' diverse purposes. States' ambient standards policies allocate resources among competing claimants, and consequently they reflect the balance of environmental politics in each state. Ambient monitoring programs reflect the degree to which states need and can process information about air pollution problems. The level of states' enforcement programs reflects the scope of the environmental problem in each state. |
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