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Can Market-based Approaches Help to Clean Up the Great Lakes? Why the Heck Not?

Earlier this week, EPA announced grants for the development of market-based programs to address water quality problems in the Great Lakes, as part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.  I’ve spent more than a little time criticizing EPA’s actions under this Administration.  Having spent the better part of 30 years pushing for market-based approaches to environmental regulation, it has been more than a little distressing to have this president give regulatory reform such a bad name.… More