Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States

摘要: This chapter describes how the United States (US) and European Union (EU) are federal systems in which responsibility for environmental policy-making is divided or shared between central government (member) states. The attribution of decision-making power has important policy implications. compares role local authorities US EU formulating regulations three areas: (1) automotive emissions; (2) packaging waste; (3) global climate change. Automotive emissions relatively centralized both political systems. In case waste change, regulatory EU, but primarily governments US. Thus, some areas, EU. most play process to help diffuse stringent standards through regulations, a dynamic become more common than