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Sustainability as a Priority at Major U.S. Department of Energy’s Defense Sites: Surrounding Population Views

by
Michael R. Greenberg
1,2,*,
Marc D. Weiner
1,2,
Henry Mayer
1,2,
David Kosson
2,3 and
Charles W. Powers
2,3
1
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, 33 Livingston Avenue, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
2
Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation, School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 299 Jacobs Hall, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
3
School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 299 Jacobs Hall, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
*
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Sustainability 2014, 6(4), 2013-2030; https://doi.org/10.3390/su6042013
Received: 15 January 2014 / Revised: 26 March 2014 / Accepted: 28 March 2014 / Published: 10 April 2014
(This article belongs to the Section Social Ecology and Sustainability)
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Sustainability is rapidly becoming a widely accepted and desired attitude, as well as a stimulus for both environmentally-conscious individuals and firm behavior. However, does the public interest in sustainability also extend to large U.S. federal agencies? Does the public care about on-site sustainability programs? To answer this question, we surveyed 922 people who live within 50 miles of one of four U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) major facilities: Hanford, Idaho National Laboratory, Savannah River and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Only 14% expressed no interest in DOE’s on-site sustainability efforts. Five percent said that they were interested enough to join a local community group to provide feedback to the DOE; 49% were interested and wanted more information, as well as interaction with the DOE’s site-specific advisory boards or local elected officials. Compared to other DOE on-site activities, respondents rated sustainability as “somewhat important”. Native Americans who live near a site, are familiar with it and self-identify as interested in environmental protection disproportionately belong to the “most interested” category. We conclude that public interest is sufficient to merit outreach by DOE to involve interested and knowledgeable local residents in on-site sustainability plans. View Full-Text
Keywords: U.S. Department of Energy; on-site sustainability; public interest U.S. Department of Energy; on-site sustainability; public interest
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Greenberg, M.R.; Weiner, M.D.; Mayer, H.; Kosson, D.; Powers, C.W. Sustainability as a Priority at Major U.S. Department of Energy’s Defense Sites: Surrounding Population Views. Sustainability 2014, 6, 2013-2030. https://doi.org/10.3390/su6042013

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Greenberg MR, Weiner MD, Mayer H, Kosson D, Powers CW. Sustainability as a Priority at Major U.S. Department of Energy’s Defense Sites: Surrounding Population Views. Sustainability. 2014; 6(4):2013-2030. https://doi.org/10.3390/su6042013

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Greenberg, Michael R., Marc D. Weiner, Henry Mayer, David Kosson, and Charles W. Powers. 2014. "Sustainability as a Priority at Major U.S. Department of Energy’s Defense Sites: Surrounding Population Views" Sustainability 6, no. 4: 2013-2030. https://doi.org/10.3390/su6042013

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