Contents1 How U.S. environmental law is really made2 Recurrent themes in U.S. environmental law 3 The Clean Air Act: successful but slow4 Climate change: an "existential threat" not yet addressed 5 Clean Water Act: major progress but persistent challenges 6 Safe Drinking Water Act: once seen as a problem solved,but now new worries 7 Hazardous waste: cradle-to-grave regulation; solid waste,not so much 8 Hazardous substance cleanup under CERCLA: extrememeasures in the wake of a crisis 9 Regulation of chemicals: from toxic substance control tochemical safety 10 FIFRA: from misbranding to reasonable certainty of noharm 11 Occupational Safety and Health Act: makingenvironments safe on the job 12 OPA90: why economic incentives only work sometimes13 From protecting endangered species to promotingbiodiversity and healthy ecosystems14 National parks and wilderness preservation: "America'sbest idea" 15 NEPA and information disclosure: techniques copiedaround the world 16 Beyond traditional environmental governance:corporate sustainability, performance benchmarking,private standard setting, and public-privatepartnerships 17 Conclusion: the best and the worst Appendix: key Supreme Court environmental cases Praise for Advanced Introduction to U.S. Environmental Law.