The document discusses the issue of hydraulic fracturing and its effects on communities. It examines how public relations and electronic media can address concerns about fracking. The main issue is how fracking is presented to the public and how this affects communities. Public relations can help frame the issues and manage public perceptions, which will be important for the shale gas industry to commercially develop gas resources. The document reviews several literature sources that discuss the use of public relations and policy debates around fracking.
US Chamber Report: What If...Energy Production was Banned on Federal Lands an...Marcellus Drilling News
This report, the first in the Chamber's Energy Accountability series, finds that if the federal government under Obama and Clinton (as they advocate) were to shut down further energy production from public lands, the result would be catastrophic: the U.S. economy would lose 400,000 jobs and $70 billion in annual GDP.
A public opinion poll conducted in Fall 2012 by the Center for Local, State and Urban Policy at the University of Michigan, in cooperation with Muhlenberg College, which sampled the attitudes of residents about shale drilling and hydraulic fracturing. The polls offers contradictory attitudes: Most PA residents support drilling (49%), but a majority would also support a moratorium on drilling until more is known about the so-called risks of fracking (58%).
US Chamber Report: What If...Energy Production was Banned on Federal Lands an...Marcellus Drilling News
This report, the first in the Chamber's Energy Accountability series, finds that if the federal government under Obama and Clinton (as they advocate) were to shut down further energy production from public lands, the result would be catastrophic: the U.S. economy would lose 400,000 jobs and $70 billion in annual GDP.
A public opinion poll conducted in Fall 2012 by the Center for Local, State and Urban Policy at the University of Michigan, in cooperation with Muhlenberg College, which sampled the attitudes of residents about shale drilling and hydraulic fracturing. The polls offers contradictory attitudes: Most PA residents support drilling (49%), but a majority would also support a moratorium on drilling until more is known about the so-called risks of fracking (58%).
A summary of the climate change protection movement in the U.S. and action needed to further reduce greenhouse gasses and create a clean energy future. Progress has been inadequate. The war against the climate change crisis demands higher priority and more urgent attention by U.S. policy makers, law makers, the business community and citizens.
1.8.2022 accelerating-climate-action-usR. Jay Olson
Since Joe Biden took office in 2021, bold steps have been taken to address climate change and reengage in international diplomacy. But on December 19, 2021, Senator Manchin torpedoed Biden’s signature $1.9 trillion Build Back Better bill. So, what’s next? What can be done now to heighten urgency around the climate change crisis and accelerate transformation to a clean energy future in the U.S.? Learn how bold leadership and increased grassroots efforts can make a difference.
Chamber of Commerce report that asks and answers the important question: What would happen if the hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas was banned in the U.S.? According to research it would lead to the loss of 15 million jobs and an average increase in the price of electricity and gas doubling.
Factors influencing citizens co-production of environmental servicesCitadelh2020
This presentation showcases the results obtained in the paper titled ‘Factors influencing citizens co-production of environmental services’, which explores the role that local government-level factors play in shaping pro-environmental behavior in citizen involvement in the production of public services. To do so, this study analyzes the enablers and barriers of public services’ coproduction, both at the individual and institutional levels. To understand the salience of individual and organizational influences on citizens’ coproduction, the authors analyze the pro-environmental behaviours of a sample of citizens in Wales. Environmental sustainability is seen as perhaps the paradigmatic societal challenge requiring citizens’ coproductive efforts.
This research constitutes one of the results of the research project ‘CITADEL: Empowering Citizens to Transform European Public Administrations’, funded by the European Commission within the program H2020 Horizon, under GA 726755.
This report into the environment draws on two studies undertaken by TNS Opinion and Social for the European Commission: Attitudes of European Citizens towards the Environment Special Eurobarometer 365 Climate Change Special Eurobarometer 372
Renewable energy, institutional stability, environment and economic growth ne...Power System Operation
The anthropogenic impact of conventional energy sources encourages the utilization of renewable energy, as it
has become a strategic commodity for economic growth. On the other hand, institutional stability is the prerequisite
without which environmental quality cannot be assured and the economy cannot function. However,
in recent literature, very little consideration has been given to this important phenomenon. This study is set to
analyze the energy-institutional stability-economic growth nexus, as well as the energy-institutional stabilityenvironmental
quality nexus, by incorporating the Cobb Douglas production function and the Diet and Rosa
environmental function respectively. The sample consists of the D-8 countries and the time period spans 1990 to
2016. To analyze the developed models, Autoregressive Distributive Lag (ARDL), Fully Modified Ordinary Least
Square (FMOLS) and Dynamic Ordinary Least Square (DOLS) tests are applied, along with other econometric
techniques. The panel ARDL statistics indicate significant cointegration among all variables of both functions,
while the FMOLS test reveals that consumption of both nonrenewable and renewable energy has a positive
impact on economic growth, as well as on environmental degradation. Further, results indicate that institutional
stability is crucial for establishing a nation on a sound footing and protecting environmental quality. Based on
these results, the study suggests a blend of both types of energy and a gradual transition toward renewable
energy sources, with better implementation of policies and technological advances, to produce, preserve, and
transmit renewable energy production.
A summary of the climate change protection movement in the U.S. and action needed to further reduce greenhouse gasses and create a clean energy future. Progress has been inadequate. The war against the climate change crisis demands higher priority and more urgent attention by U.S. policy makers, law makers, the business community and citizens.
1.8.2022 accelerating-climate-action-usR. Jay Olson
Since Joe Biden took office in 2021, bold steps have been taken to address climate change and reengage in international diplomacy. But on December 19, 2021, Senator Manchin torpedoed Biden’s signature $1.9 trillion Build Back Better bill. So, what’s next? What can be done now to heighten urgency around the climate change crisis and accelerate transformation to a clean energy future in the U.S.? Learn how bold leadership and increased grassroots efforts can make a difference.
Chamber of Commerce report that asks and answers the important question: What would happen if the hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas was banned in the U.S.? According to research it would lead to the loss of 15 million jobs and an average increase in the price of electricity and gas doubling.
Factors influencing citizens co-production of environmental servicesCitadelh2020
This presentation showcases the results obtained in the paper titled ‘Factors influencing citizens co-production of environmental services’, which explores the role that local government-level factors play in shaping pro-environmental behavior in citizen involvement in the production of public services. To do so, this study analyzes the enablers and barriers of public services’ coproduction, both at the individual and institutional levels. To understand the salience of individual and organizational influences on citizens’ coproduction, the authors analyze the pro-environmental behaviours of a sample of citizens in Wales. Environmental sustainability is seen as perhaps the paradigmatic societal challenge requiring citizens’ coproductive efforts.
This research constitutes one of the results of the research project ‘CITADEL: Empowering Citizens to Transform European Public Administrations’, funded by the European Commission within the program H2020 Horizon, under GA 726755.
This report into the environment draws on two studies undertaken by TNS Opinion and Social for the European Commission: Attitudes of European Citizens towards the Environment Special Eurobarometer 365 Climate Change Special Eurobarometer 372
Renewable energy, institutional stability, environment and economic growth ne...Power System Operation
The anthropogenic impact of conventional energy sources encourages the utilization of renewable energy, as it
has become a strategic commodity for economic growth. On the other hand, institutional stability is the prerequisite
without which environmental quality cannot be assured and the economy cannot function. However,
in recent literature, very little consideration has been given to this important phenomenon. This study is set to
analyze the energy-institutional stability-economic growth nexus, as well as the energy-institutional stabilityenvironmental
quality nexus, by incorporating the Cobb Douglas production function and the Diet and Rosa
environmental function respectively. The sample consists of the D-8 countries and the time period spans 1990 to
2016. To analyze the developed models, Autoregressive Distributive Lag (ARDL), Fully Modified Ordinary Least
Square (FMOLS) and Dynamic Ordinary Least Square (DOLS) tests are applied, along with other econometric
techniques. The panel ARDL statistics indicate significant cointegration among all variables of both functions,
while the FMOLS test reveals that consumption of both nonrenewable and renewable energy has a positive
impact on economic growth, as well as on environmental degradation. Further, results indicate that institutional
stability is crucial for establishing a nation on a sound footing and protecting environmental quality. Based on
these results, the study suggests a blend of both types of energy and a gradual transition toward renewable
energy sources, with better implementation of policies and technological advances, to produce, preserve, and
transmit renewable energy production.
Sills MR. Inpatient capacity margin at children's hospitals during the fall 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. Presentation to the Colorado Emergency Medicine Research Center. 14 June 2010.
A city equipped with basic infrastructure to give a decent quality of life, a clean and sustainable environment through applications of some smart solutions
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Civil Society in an Age of Environmental Accountability HowVinaOconner450
Civil Society in an Age of Environmental Accountability: How
Local Environmental Nongovernmental Organizations Reduce
U.S. Power Plants’ Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Don Grant
1
and Ion Bogdan Vasi
2
Institutional scholars have argued that in the absence of legislation on the issue of climate change, non-
governmental organizations (NGOs) can help reduce the amount of anthropogenic greenhouse gases being
emitted to the environment by disseminating environmental norms. Consistent with this reasoning, they
have shown that from the middle of the last century up through the mid-1990s, nations with more member-
ships in NGOs have tended to have lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the aggregate. Doubts
remain, however, about whether NGOs have reduced emissions in the time since and at the level of individ-
ual power plants where the lion’s share of carbon pollution is emitted. Using plant-specific information on
CO2 emissions recently collected by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under its Greenhouse
Gas Reporting Program, we investigate the effects of local environmental NGOs (ENGOs) on plants’
environmental performance. Consistent with our expectations, we find that local ENGOs not only directly
reduce plants’ emissions but indirectly do so by enhancing the effectiveness of subnational climate policies
that encourage energy efficiency. We discuss the implications of our findings for research on the decou-
pling of normative systems, social movements, environmental sociology, and the EPA’s proposed Clean
Power Plan.
KEY WORDS: civil society; Clean Power Plan; energy; environment; pollution; social movements.
INTRODUCTION
At least since Weber, sociologists have stressed how civil society can solve
problems that the market and state either create or ignore. While acknowledging
that the policies promoted by civil society might be adopted but never fully imple-
mented, they suggest that citizen groups can nonetheless be influential within decou-
pled systems by diffusing cultural models that legitimate social movements, spur
corporate action, change government priorities, and reshape people’s attitudes
(Meyer, Ramirez, and Soysal 1992; Ramirez, Soysal, and Shanahan 1997; see also
Hutter and O’Mahoney 2004). Extending this argument, institutional scholars have
argued that in the absence of international legislation on the issue of climate
change, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) can still help reduce the amount
of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) being emitted to the environment by
disseminating global, environmental norms to lower levels of society (Frank, Hiron-
aka, and Schofer 2000). Consistent with this reasoning, they have shown that from
the middle of the last century up through the mid-1990s, nations with more
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Department of Sociology, University of Colorado Boulder, 327 Ketchum 219, Boulder, Colorado
80309; e-mail: [email protected]
2
Department of Sociology, University of Iowa, 140 Seashore Hall West, ...
A U.S. Chamber of Commerce report, second in a series, that imagines what the economy would look like today if the shale energy revolution had not taken place. It's not a pretty picture.
A letter from Dan Fitzsimmons, president of the Joint Landowners Coalition of New York (JLCNY) to NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo expressing profound disappointment that Cuomo intends to let the Nov. 29 date slip by without releasing new drilling rules to allow shale gas drilling in the state.
IHS Markit Report: Advancing the Landscape of Clean Energy InnovationEnergy for One World
opinion/ report by study group IHS Market and former Sec. Energy Moniz, and commissioned by Breakthrough Energy ( Bill Gates et. al).
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Community Adaptation to Flooding in a Changing Climate:
Municipal Officials’ Actions, Decision-Making, and Barriers. By Gretchen Gary and Shorna Allred, Cornell University, and Elizabeth LoGiudice, Allison Chatrchyan, Rosemarie Baglia, Theresa Mayhew,
Dianne Olsen, and Marilyn Wyman, Cornell Cooperative Extension.
California is plagued by dangerous levels of air pollution..pdfDaniel Mami
California is facing a major environmental crisis due to dangerous levels of air pollution. The state is known for its high levels of smog, particulate matter, and toxic chemicals in the air. The primary sources of this pollution are transportation, industrial activities, and agricultural practices. The impact of this toxic air is far-reaching and affects the health of millions of residents, leading to respiratory diseases, heart problems, and even premature death. The government and environmental organizations are working to reduce air pollution through regulations, education, and alternative energy sources, but much more needs to be done to address this critical issue. Until then, Californians will continue to suffer from the dangerous consequences of polluted air.
Harvard University Study: America's Unconventional Energy OpportunityMarcellus Drilling News
A study published by the Harvard Business School in June 2015 that says, essentially, if fracking is done right (and we already have the technology to do it right), if it's regulated properly, it's safe and has enormous benefits economically for America. This study lays out a plan to achieve just that.
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Marcellus shale drilling. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.Online [accessed
July 15 2012]
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In this policyethnography we examine the discourse related to unconventional natural gas
development in western Pennsylvania in order to illuminate expressions of political power in
attempts to manufacture consent. We focus on the overlap ping spheres of influence between the
state and capital to dissect techniques of governance as they operate at the level of civil society.
Data collection from fieldwork and discourse analysis, particularly focused on discourse about
recent legislation to regulate the booming natural gas industry in Pennsylvania, reveals the ways
in which industry proponents at tempt to corral public opinion to the goal of extracting and
amassing capital. We analyze how industry actors try to gain and draw from the authority and
approval of the state in those efforts. In turn, the state uses its socially sanctioned authority to
reframe water, land, air, community, health, and self around a paradigm that interprets those as
sources of profit. This case study examines how, under neoliberalism, the state organizes
knowledge on the topic of fracking such that the balance of power shifts further out of
democratic reach
Birkland, T. (2004). The world changed today: Agenda-setting and policy change in the wake of
the September 11 terrorist attacks. Review of Policy Research, 21(2), 179–200.
PUBLIC RELATIONS
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This paper focuses on agenda change affecting the politics of “fracking operations” in the US, a
process of extracting natural gas from underground shale formations. We examine how the
movement of this policy issue between the state and federal levels of government has become
increasingly contentious because of rising public concern about pollution impacts. Using
information obtained from documentary sources and media content analysis, we found that the
natural gas policy coalition has largely focused on a political strategy based on maintaining
fracking regulatory controls at the state level, while the environmental policy coalition has
pushed for increased regulation of drilling practices in general, including a larger policy and
oversight role for federal agencies such as EPA.
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Egan, J. (2013), Public relations—accidents: What gas companies can learn from “smart meter”
missteps. Nat. Gas Elec., 29: 14–19. doi: 10.1002/gas.21659
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Thirty miles north of Denver, in an upscale suburban community, one possible future for the gas
industry is taking shape. This future is marked by consumers' distrust—of advanced energy
technology and their energy company—as well as fear, anger, and activism. High hopes have
given way to recrimination, litigation, and potential expropriation. As 2013 begins, what is
taking place in this Denver suburb raises vexing national questions about whether, and under
what circumstances, US consumers and businesses will be able to benefit from advanced energy
technology.
Davis, C. and Fisk, J. M. (2014), Energy Abundance or Environmental Worries? Analyzing
Public Support for Fracking in the United States. Review of Policy Research, 31: 1–16.
doi: 10.1111/ropr.1204
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This paper provides an analysis of public attitudes toward fracking use and policies with an eye
toward factors that help us account for differing levels of support. Using data from a national
survey of American adults, we found that women and people residing in urban areas are slightly
more inclined to oppose fracking and to favor more regulation in terms of drilling operations and
company chemical disclosure requirements than men or people living in rural areas. Our key
findings, however, are that opposition to fracking and support for current or increased levels of
regulation are strongly related to Democratic Party identification and to pro-environmental
policy attitudes. We conclude by suggesting that a tendency for people to view fracking as an
environmental rather than an energy issue has potentially important implications for the
implementation of locally based regulatory requirements.
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Davis, C. (2012), The Politics of “Fracking”: Regulating Natural Gas Drilling Practices in
Colorado and Texas. Review of Policy Research, 29: 177–191. doi: 10.1111/j.1541-
1338.2011.00547.x
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This article focuses on the politics of regulating natural gas fracking operations in Colorado and
Texas. Between-state differences in the economic importance of natural gas production, political
traditions, environmental impacts of drilling activities, and local governmental responses to risk
reduction, and entrepreneurial activities are discussed in relation to policy-making initiatives. In
the concluding section, I suggest that Colorado's regulatory approach offers a greater degree of
environmental protection than Texas. Key reforms adopted in 2007–8 can be largely attributed to
electoral victories that ensured unified party control over state government and the determined
efforts of the proenvironmental governor to make changes in both the regulatory commission and
in the substance of natural gas drilling policies
Rabe, B. G. and Borick, C. (2013), Conventional Politics for Unconventional Drilling? Lessons
from Pennsylvania's Early Move into Fracking Policy Development. Review of Policy Research,
30: 321–340. doi: 10.1111/ropr.12018
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The emergence of hydraulic fracturing techniques is generating a dramatic expansion of the
development of domestic natural gas resources in the United States and abroad. Fracking also
poses a series of environmental protection challenges that cut across traditional medium and
program boundaries. Formal constraints on federal government engagement thus far devolve
considerable latitude to individual states for policy development. This provides an important test
of whether recent scholarly emphasis on highly innovative state environmental and energy
policies can be extended to this burgeoning area. Pennsylvania has moved to the epicenter of the
fracking revolution, reflecting its vast Marcellus Shale resource and far-reaching 2012
legislation. This article examines the Pennsylvania case and notes that the state's emerging policy
appears designed to maximize resource extraction while downplaying environmental
considerations. The case analysis generates questions as to whether this experience constitutes an
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influential state early mover that is likely to diffuse widely or is instead an aberration in a rapidly
diversifying state policy development process.
Lachapelle, E., Montpetit, É. and Gauvin, J.-P. (2014), Public Perceptions of Expert Credibility
on Policy Issues: The Role of Expert Framing and Political Worldviews. Policy Studies Journal,
42: 674–697. doi: 10.1111/psj.12073
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How do individuals assess the credibility of experts in various policy domains? Under what
conditions does the public interpret particular scientific knowledge claims as being trustworthy
and credible? Using data collected from an online survey experiment, administered to 1,507
adult residents of Quebec, this paper seeks answers to these questions. Specifically, we examine
variation in the way members of the public perceive the credibility of scientific experts in the
areas of climate change, shale gas extraction, cell phones, and wind farms. Our results contribute
to the existing literatures on public perceptions of policy experts, framing, and cultural theory.
We find that individuals evaluate expert credibility based on the way in which experts frame
issues, and on the congruity/dissonance between these expert communication frames and one's
underlying worldview. However, we also identify limits to these framing effects. Our findings
shed light on the interaction of framing and political worldviews in shaping public perceptions of
expert credibility in various policymaking contexts