---
title: 'Ending Pollution and Law:  True Freedom'
slug: 'ending-pollution-and-law-true-freedom'
date: 2026-05-13
type: 'post'
status: 'published'
tags: ['clean-air-act', 'regulatory-reform', 'legal-reform', 'linkedin-original']
abstract: '![](https://media.licdn.com/mediaC5112AQFcHH1opZ5Rkw) **“My personal goal is to end both pollution and environmental law. Some call this idealism.'
license: 'CC-BY-4.0'
author: 'Jed Anderson'
co_authors: []
canonical_url: 'https://jedanderson.org/posts/ending-pollution-and-law-true-freedom'
original_source: 'https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ending-pollution-law-true-freedom-jed-anderson'
original_date: 2017-12-06
supporting_files: []
---

![](https://media.licdn.com/mediaC5112AQFcHH1opZ5Rkw)

**“My personal goal is to end both pollution and environmental law. Some call this idealism. I call it pragmatism with an extended timeline.”** *—Jed Anderson, Attorney and Clean Air Act Reform Advocate*