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Institutions and incentives in regulatory science [electronic resource] / edited by Jason Scott Johnston. - Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2012. - vi, 225 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Jason Scott Johnston -- The cost of cartelization : the ipcc process and the crisis of credibility in climate science / Jason Scott Johnston -- Adversarial versus consensus processes for assessing scientific evidence : should the IPCC operate more like a courtroom? / Ross McKitrick -- On the origin of specious species / Rob Roy Ramey II -- Politics and science in endangered species / Katrina Miriam Wyman -- Reconciling the scientific & regulatory timetables / James W. Conrad, Jr -- Improving the use of science to inform environmental regulation / Susan E. Dudley and George M. Gray -- A return to expertise? : a proposal for an institute of scientific assessments / Gary E. Marchant.


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Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Environmental policy--United States.
Environmental agencies--United States.
Environmental protection--Standards--United States.
Environmental law--United States.
Environmental sciences--Political aspects--United States.
Science and state--United States.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: GE180 / .I57 2012eb

Dewey Class. No.: 363.7/05610973