Air quality issues and approaches in the Southwest: a report of the Southwest region under stress policy project

Journal Article · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979 · Nat. Resour. J.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5860273

Kneese, A V ^[1]; Williams, M

---

1. Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque

An increase of natural resource development and population are having serious environmental impacts on the Southwest (defined in this paper as Four Corners states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah). Air quality is especially vulnerable and introduces uncertainties about the rate and level of the region's future development. Policy options to deal with the two main sources of pollution - heavy industry and automotive vehicles - are examined after a review of regional environmental legislation. Regulatory approaches based on Federal and state laws have had only limited success in both cases, but there are opportunities for major initiatives the states could take to make pollution unprofitable by changing the system of economic incentives. If the states fail to take these steps, and parituclarly if the extractive industries develop rapidly without regulations, atmospheric quality will get progressively worse. 45 references.

• OSTI ID: 5860273
• Journal Information: Nat. Resour. J.; (United States), Journal Name: Nat. Resour. J.; (United States) Vol. 19:3; ISSN NRJOA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290300* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
& Safety
500600 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Regulations-- (-1989)
530200 -- Environmental-Social Aspects of Energy Technologies-- Assessment of Energy Technologies-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
AIR QUALITY
ARIZONA
COLORADO
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INDUSTRY
MINERAL INDUSTRY
NEW MEXICO
NORTH AMERICA
POLLUTION CONTROL
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
SOUTHWEST REGION
STATE GOVERNMENT
TAXES
URBAN AREAS
USA
UTAH
VEHICLES
WESTERN REGION