What Does Environmental Protection Protect?

Ethics, Policy and Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 239-257

  Sagoff, Mark ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 84889246452     PISSN: 21550085     EISSN: 21550093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21550085.2013.843362     Document Type: Article

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