University Catalog 2014-2015

University of Colorado Boulder

LAWS-7512 (2) Advanced Environmental Law: Air Pollution

Provides an examination of efforts to regulate air pollution in the United States under the Clean Air Act. Covers key provisions, basic approach of cooperative federalism, role of science and risk assessment establishing health-based standards, implications of instrument choice and regulatory design on innovation and economic growth, development of 'first generation' climate policies, and new approaches to compliance and enforcement.