Putting the 'law' back into environmental law

Two fundamental changes in legislative lawmaking have to take place before it can effectively supplement common law in making a workable pollution control. First, only environmental issues that cannot be handled properly by the states will be dealt with by the national government. Second, legislation should enact rules of conduct and not abstract ideals. This means that lawmaking bodies, not administrative agencies, should make the laws. This will make lawmakers accountable to the electorate for the decisions they have made.