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Facility Level Perspectives on the Toxics Release Inventory and Environmental Performance
Mark Stephan – Washington State University Michael Kraft – University of WI – Green Bay Troy Abel – Western Washington University
Introduction
This presentation Key puzzle: Variation across facilities Survey analyses of facilities and public officials Trying to make sense of perceived impacts of the TRI Uses of TRI data…….by facilities and public officials….but also by researchers
Theory
Information dynamic
Information mediated by contextual variables – for example: Capacity
within Facilities Capacity within Communities
Methods
Survey – 237 facility surveys and 100 public official surveys Response rates of 24.2% and 45.5% respectively Federal and State officials – high usage of TRI Local officials – very little use of TRI
Key Descriptive Results
Importance of air emissions Fairly positive response to TRI by facilities TRI influence on facility environmental management – as perceived both by facilities (see Table 2) and public officials (see Table 3)
Correlation Analyses
See Tables 4 and 5 Environmental management systems and use of TRI for source reduction Interactions with environmental organizations and general impression of the TRI Interactions with community groups and use for TRI in reducing emissions
Discussion
The TRI is having an effect…. sometimes Variations in its influence are related to mediating factors Environmental information disclosure programs serve as relevant policy tools
Our Larger Project includes…..
State level analyses of secondary data More survey results More detailed connections between survey data and performance data Policy prescriptions
Mark Stephan – Washington State University Michael Kraft – University of WI – Green Bay Troy Abel – Western Washington University
Introduction
This presentation Key puzzle: Variation across facilities Survey analyses of facilities and public officials Trying to make sense of perceived impacts of the TRI Uses of TRI data…….by facilities and public officials….but also by researchers
Theory
Information dynamic
Information mediated by contextual variables – for example: Capacity
within Facilities Capacity within Communities
Methods
Survey – 237 facility surveys and 100 public official surveys Response rates of 24.2% and 45.5% respectively Federal and State officials – high usage of TRI Local officials – very little use of TRI
Key Descriptive Results
Importance of air emissions Fairly positive response to TRI by facilities TRI influence on facility environmental management – as perceived both by facilities (see Table 2) and public officials (see Table 3)
Correlation Analyses
See Tables 4 and 5 Environmental management systems and use of TRI for source reduction Interactions with environmental organizations and general impression of the TRI Interactions with community groups and use for TRI in reducing emissions
Discussion
The TRI is having an effect…. sometimes Variations in its influence are related to mediating factors Environmental information disclosure programs serve as relevant policy tools
Our Larger Project includes…..
State level analyses of secondary data More survey results More detailed connections between survey data and performance data Policy prescriptions
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