Science and stakeholders: solutions to energy and environmental issues by incorporating resource agencies, regulators, tribes, industry, and other stakeholders

Nation and the World must move forward with development of a range of energy sources and savings, all with attendant environmental problems. Solving theseproblems, and those remaining from past energy-related activities, will require iteration, inclusion, and collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, including U.S., State and local governmental agencies, Tribal Nations, scientists, environmentalists, public policy makers, and the general public. Describes and examines the interactions and integration of science and stakeholders to find solutions to some of the Nation’s controversial Energy-related issues. Uses case studies to explore the methods of integration and collaboration among diverse communities. The focus of each chapter will be on problemdefinition, the process leading to the solution, and the mechanisms and collaborations among stakeholders that made the solutions possible. INDICE: Introduction. Minority Participants in Environmental and Energy Decision Making Process. Energy Diversity: Options and Stakeholders. How Clean is Clean? Consent-building at the Fernald Uranium Plant. Stakeholders, Risk from Mercury, and the Savannah River Site: Iterative and Inclusive Solutions to Del with Risk from Fish Consumption. Helping Mother Earth Heal: Dine’ College Collaboration on Enhanced Attenuation Pilot Studies at U.S. Department of Energy Uranium Processing Sites on Navajo Land. Nez Perce Involvement with Solving Environmental Problems: History, Perspectives, Treaty Rights and Obligations. Amchitka Island: Melding Science and Stakeholders to Achieve Solutions at a Former Department of Energy Nuclear Test Site. Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities and Stakeholder Concerns. Science and Stakeholders: Solutions to Energy and Environmental Issues. Joint Fact-finding and Stakeholder Consensus Buildingat the Altamont Wind Resource Area in California. Wind Energy in Vermont: TheBenefits and Limitations of Stakeholder Involvement. Hydropower, Salmon, and the Penobscot River (Maine, USA): Pursuing Improved Environmental and Energy Outcomes through Participatory Decision-making and Basin-scale Decision Context. Using Stakeholder Input to Develop a Comparative Risk Assessment for Wildlife from the Life Cycles of Six Electrical Generation Fuels. Institutional Void and Stakeholder Leadership: Implementing Renewable Energy Standards Minnesota.Communication between the Public and Experts: Predictable Differences and Opportunities to Narrow Them. Media, stakeholders, and energy alternatives for nuclear waste and energy facilities. Science and Stakeholders: A Synthesis. Index.

• ISBN: 978-1-4419-8812-6
• Editorial: Springer New York
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 331
• Fecha Publicación: 29/05/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés