Duquesne Law Review
Abstract
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that the National Environmental Policy Act does not require the consideration of psychological health impacts resulting from the fear of an accident at a nuclear generating facility. This Comment places the Court's recent decision within the framework of past decisions which have excluded the courts as arbiters of substantive questions of environmental policy. By eliminating from environmental regulation the broad policy issues manifested by public fear of the proposed activity, the Court has strengthened the effectiveness of the regulatory scheine as a tool for the protection of the physical environment.
First Page
479
Recommended Citation
Robert T. Volger,
The Supreme Court as Guardian of the Environment: The Metropolitan Edison Decision in Perspective,
22
Duq. L. Rev.
479
(1984).
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https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol22/iss2/7