Does consensus make common sense? An analysis of EPA's Common Sense Initiative.(Environmental Protection Agency)(Cover Story)

From: Environment | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: Allen, Laurie K.; Coglianese, Cary | Copyright information

The new administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Mike Leavitt, has said that progress in environmental policymaking comes when different interests "collaborate in the productive middle." (1) Leavitt came to EPA from the governorship in the State of Utah, where for more than 10 years he built a reputation as a consensus builder on environmental and natural resource policy issues. Heralded by the Wall Street Journal as someone who will help build a "new, commo...

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