The Legal Practice Of Air Pollution Control In The United States And Its Enlightenment To China

The problem of air pollution is inevitable in the industrialized process of a developing country,and the severity of air pollution is positively correlated with the extensive development of economy.The United States,as a country which is rich in coal and oil resources in the world,also has the problem of air pollution,especially in the last century when it developed rapidly."Los Angeles smog" events of 1943 and the occurrence of the photochemical smog pollution,all of these made the people suffer unbearable tingling feeling in their eyes and throats.It seriously affected the people's health and daily life,at the same time,it also brought negative influence to the development of the economy.Under the atmospheric pollution,especially haze,United States began to realize that at the expense of the environment of industrial development is not a wise choice,then the government took the way of the hardships of control air pollution.After decades of continuous exploration and practice,the air pollution control in the United States has finally achieved significant results,and the quality of atmospheric environment has been improved.The United States gives many valuable governance experiences to other countries.In this paper,the author summarizes and analyzes the experience of the successful treatment of air pollution in the United States,and puts forward the ideas and ways to effectively control the air pollution in China in combination with the actual situation of our country.On this basis,this paper will mainly discuss from the following several parts: the first part is the introduction.In this part,the author will introduce the atmospheric pollution prevention law practice,the background and significance of the research,the study of this topic at home and abroad,and the significance of American law practice for China's air pollution controlling practice.The second part mainly introduces the origin and development of legislation for the control of air pollution in the United States.This part mainly combines with America's air pollution problems when the economy developed.Taking the time as clue,reconstruct the main types and the causes of air pollution problems.The air pollution problems seriously affect the economic development and people's physical and mental health and in this condition the United States started the atmospheric pollution control legislation practice,starting from every state,then to the federal government's intervention,the legal practices of atmospheric pollution control is constantly changing.The third part mainly introduces the main contents in the atmospheric pollution control law practice,including the national ambient air quality standard system,motor vehicle pollution control system,air pollution discharge license system,the system of civil and regional air pollution control.The fourth part is on the basis of the former two parts,in this part,the author makes a conclusion of the main content of the atmospheric pollution control law practice and characteristics of the implementation process,especially the successful experience of atmospheric pollution control law practice.The fifth part combines the actual conditions of China air pollution control,and put forward comprehensive suggestions to consummate the legal countermeasures of atmospheric pollution control in China.It is aimed at the existing problems in our country and to improve our country the haze weather and atmospheric pollution governance.