Chapter 3 - The Assault on Environmental Enforcement
Relentless opposition to environmental protections has come from a wide range of industries seeking to escape regulation and oversight.
Oil and gas companies, energy firms, chemical manufacturers, and
pharmaceutical companies have all invested tremendous resources
to oppose and dismantle environmental regulation.
However, despite
the decades of industry opposition, public support for environmental
regulation has remained consistently high. This section discusses
some of the main strategies that industry has used in the battles
to escape accountability. All of them underline the importance
of a robust, private-enforcement regime.
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