Coming clean:information disclosure and environmental performance
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MIT Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Mass. |
Publication Dates: | c2011. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
American and comparative environmental policy |
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Carrier Form: | xiv, 249 p.: ill., map ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780262014953 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0262014955 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780262515573 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0262515571 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | X |
CLC: | X-017.12 |
Call Number: | X-017.12/K892-1 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Information disclosure and environmental performance -- How does information disclosure work? -- Reducing toxic releases and community risks -- States of green : regional variations in environmental performance -- Facility-level perspectives on the TRI and environmental performance -- Environmental leaders and laggards : explaining performance -- Conclusions and policy implications. The authors find that TRI - probably the best-known example of information disclosure - has had a substantial effect over time on the environmental performance of industry. But, drawing on case studies from across the nation, they show that the improvement is not uniform: some facilities have been leaders while others have been laggards. The authors argue that information disclosure has an important role to play in environmental policy--but only as part of an integrated set of policy tools that includes conventional regulation."--pub. desc. |