Letting the Grandchildren Do It: Environmental Planning during the Ascent of Oil as a Major Energy Source

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DURING THE LAST DECADE, new legal and procedural safeguardsmost notably environmental impact statements and detailed licensing procedures-have given environmental planning institutions such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission rudimentary tools with which to identify the possible environmental effects of energy-related decisions. Such safeguards have come into increasing conflict, however, with the pressing need to insure an adequate supply of energy, and current calls for changes in the existing regulatory network seem likely to result in streamlined procedures for anticipating the long-run environmental consequences of different energy futures.' The history of the nation's efforts to deal with