The Year of Spoiled Pork
Comments on the Court's Emergence as An Environmental Defender
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11565180 |
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| Authors | Walter A Rosenbaum, P Roberts (0000-0003-4408-5125), Paul E Roberts |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-60 |
| Publication date | 1972-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Society Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-9216 • E-ISSN: 1540-5893 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3052828 |
| OpenAlex | W2313539131 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
On January 19, 1971, President Nixon, catching most White House observers by surprise, issued a terse, 275-word statement halting further construction of the Cross Florida Barge Canal. This was imperative, the President declared, “to prevent potentially serious environmental damages” and was done at the urging of the new Council on Environmental Quality; the Council v/arned that the project “could endanger the unique wildlife of the area and destroy this region of unusual and unique natural beauty.” Thus was the nation notified that the canal, weighed by the President against the newly minted values expressed in the National Environmental Policy Act, had been judged a $50 million mistake
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| Highly cited | No |
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