Fair weather federalism and America's waste disposal crisis

Harvard Environmental Law Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-103

  Murray, Paula C ^a   Spence, David B ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; FEDERAL SYSTEM; WASTE DISPOSAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038371078     PISSN: 01478257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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