Experience and research indicates that most regulations would fail to pass a cost-benefit test. Much regulation embodies fuzzy terms that no one can be sure what they have to do in order to comply - such as the concepts of "intrinsic value", "good faith bargaining", "sustainable management" and compliance with unwritten "treaty principles". Such laws are bad law.
in favour of environmental protection, e.g. fighting climate change or 'green' policies or preservation of natural resources or animal rights