�Legislation and public pressure have lED federal agencies such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Agriculture to involve the public in a broad range of environmental decisions, from how to unclouded up Superfund sites to how to manage federal forest earth. Does this involvement tend to meliorate or -- as some critics have argued -- impair the quality of agencies' decisions?
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND DECISIONMAKING, new from the National Research Council, examines this question and outlines stairs agencies can take to increase the likelihood that participation will have positive effects. The report will be released at 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 22.
Source: Sara Frueh
National Academy of Sciences
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