Business, science and environmental politics: toward a political economy of hope

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Environmental regulations and reform called for by government need to be revised to increase their efficiency and effectiveness. Policymakers need to understand that economic growth leads to a cleaner environment because economic prosperity and resource use efficiency go hand in hand. Furthermore, policymakers need to encourage markets and property rights which are instruments towards the distribution of resources. Policymakers have to reject the myth that environmental groups represent public interest and that government intervention is necessary for environmental protection.

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The European Environmental Agency in the context of the European Community environmental policy

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The EC offers potentially large market opportunities for industries that understand its environmental policies. The EC's First Action Program on the Environment adopted on Nov 1973 set forward the polluter-pays principle. The Fourth Action Program covering the 1987 to 1992 period emphasized the integration of environmental concerns in the EC's economic, industrial, agricultural and social policies. Meanwhile, the unratified Fifth Action Program recognizes societal involvement and shared responsibility in the preservation and protection of the environment.

European Union, European Community

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Market innovation and the global environment

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Environmental protection does not inhibit economic growth. The examples set by resource-deficient Japan and Germany point to the conclusion that economic growth does not depend on the abundance of resources. Environmental protection, on the contrary, has encouraged market innovation which introduces new goods and services and the financial instruments which redistribute wealth. Market innovation requires regulations that are long-term and non-interfering with technology choices and trade.

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