Environmental mandate reform

America`s current system of establishing environmental mandates treats the concepts of a healthy environment and a strong economy as if they are mutually exclusive. Certainly a cheap, reliable source of domestic energy does not appear to be a high priority. A balance must be returned to the system by improving the governmental processes of risk assessment, risk management and risk mitigation. This paper describes the shortcomings of the current system and outlines the impact of the problems. Proposed improvements to the risk process are discussed along with possible implementation strategies.