Preface:

We can have economic growth in Northern Virginia and win the battle against air pollution. This is the message of the report prepared by the Science and Environmental Policy Project, an independent think tank specializing in rational ways of improving the environment. While growth will mean more people, more cars, and more traffic, we will also have an improved roads system, innovative technologies to combat congestion and reduce emissions, and market-based incentives to augment voluntary efforts to overcome pollution. The documented record of improvement of air quality in the United States in the past two decades proves that it can be done.

The study involved authors and contributors, qualified in science, technology, economics, and transportation systems, who brought together the best current thinking on the subject of air quality improvement. It was reviewed by a panel of independent experts, assembled by the non-profit Mitre Corporation in McLean, Virginia. Financed by the Commonwealth of Virginia, the SEPP report will prove to be of tremendous value to officials of local governments, community leaders, educators, and to concerned citizens of Northern Virginia.

It is good to know that the experts involved in this study are our neighbors in northern Virginia. As the elected mayor of Fairfax City, I congratulate the Fairfax-based Science and Environmental Policy Project on a job well done.

John Mason
Mayor, City of Fairfax

Cost: $12

Order Economic Growth and Better Air Quality