skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Who owns the air. The emission offset concept and its implications

Abstract

Air traditionally defied concepts of ownership other than communal until the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) interpreted the offset policy in which air is given a definite economic value. EPA interpretations of the 1970 and 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments changed the status of air from one of common property to that of a marketable state-controlled commodity. The market in emission rights may evolve into a concept of individual property rights. The states were signaled that state implementation plans (SIPs) will affect their economic growth and give them the opportunity to develop and manage that growth. 127 notes and references. (DCK)

Authors:
Research Org.:
Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
OSTI Identifier:
6815582
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Environ. Law; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 9:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CLEAN AIR ACT; PROPERTY RIGHTS; AIR; ECONOMICS; MARKET; OWNERSHIP; STATE GOVERNMENT; VALUES; FLUIDS; GASES; LAWS; POLLUTION LAWS; 290300* - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment, Health, & Safety; 500600 - Environment, Atmospheric- Regulations- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Landau, J L. Who owns the air. The emission offset concept and its implications. United States: N. p., Web.
Landau, J L. Who owns the air. The emission offset concept and its implications. United States.
Landau, J L. . "Who owns the air. The emission offset concept and its implications". United States.
@article{osti_6815582,
title = {Who owns the air. The emission offset concept and its implications},
author = {Landau, J L},
abstractNote = {Air traditionally defied concepts of ownership other than communal until the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) interpreted the offset policy in which air is given a definite economic value. EPA interpretations of the 1970 and 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments changed the status of air from one of common property to that of a marketable state-controlled commodity. The market in emission rights may evolve into a concept of individual property rights. The states were signaled that state implementation plans (SIPs) will affect their economic growth and give them the opportunity to develop and manage that growth. 127 notes and references. (DCK)},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6815582}, journal = {Environ. Law; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 9:3,
place = {United States},
year = {},
month = {}
}