Complex Adaptive Systems and Unconventional Progress for the National Air Quality Management System‪.‬

INTRODUCTION Environmental statutes are among the most complicated national legislation. These laws seek to integrate scientific ambiguity, political competition, management performance and intergovernmental relations. As a consequence they are among the most contentious. No major environmental legislation has been enacted at the national level in over fifteen years. In the face of growing environmental problems, this may be signaling an intellectual and political dead end.