Paper: The Cost Of Pollution Damage And Control

Over the past several years, numerous laws have been passed and regulations adopted directed toward protecting or improving the environment. Unfortunately, many of these laws and regulations were promulgated in an emotional atmosphere created by the outpourings of well meaning, but often ill-advised, consumer advocates and environmental activists. Branley Allen Branson, for example, in an article "Stripping the Appalachians" (Natural History, November 1974).