The thirtieth anniversary of the conception of Earth Day will arrive in 1999, and EPA will soon be marking the end of its first three decades of activity. Three things are clear at the end of this first generation of environmental policy. First, we’ve made enormous progress: the environment is measurably cleaner than it was a decade ago.
Second, despite the progress, current environmental policy has legions of detractors. Almost everyone agrees that the regulatory process has become too costly and that there is a new generation of problems that the current approach cannot effectively solve. Third, despite the problems, there is no support for simply packing up and declaring victory. Some new approach to the nation’s environmental policy has to be found. The question is what the next generation of environmental policy will look like.
Agenda
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October 13
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Introduction
Donald F. Kettl Donald F. Kettl is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution as well as Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy @donkettl -
Speaker
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Panel I: New Partnerships
Jeff Smoller Wisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesJohn P. DeVillars Administrator, U.S. EPA Region IPaul Portney President, Resources for the Future -
Panel I Moderator
Jonathan Walters <I>Governing Magazine</I> -
Panel II: New Strategies
Gary Bass Executive Director, OMB WatchGary Risner Federal Environmental Affairs Manager, Weyerhaeuser Company -
Moderator
Shelley H. Metzenbaum Associate Director for Performance and Personnel Management -
Keynote Speaker
Carol Browner Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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