EXPERTISE AND DISCRETION: NEW JERSEY'S APPROACH TO NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGES

摘要

With a Department of Environmental Protection that predates the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, New Jersey has always been at the forefront of combating pollution, which is to be expected of a state with a strong industrial history. It became only the third state to consolidate all environmental protection and conservation into one cohesive agency on April 22, 1970, the country's inaugural Earth Day. Unlike many other states, New Jersey saw itself as ground zero in the war against irresponsible environmental pollution. It intended to launch and administer "aggressive environmental protection and conservation efforts."