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  • Environmental Justice Policies at the State Level: Symbolic Rhetoric or Tangible Impacts?

    Creator:
    Kanzig, Erin
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    President Clinton’s Executive Order 12898 and subsequent federal environmental justice (EJ) policies and programs have faced significant challenges in implementation. Exploring scientific uncertainty, social complexity of EJ issues, lack of clear policy guidance, and weak regulatory enforcement demonstrate these challenges. However, at the state level, EJ policies, task forces, and...
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    Capstone Project
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    the United States 8 The Development and Definition of Environmental Justice 8 The Many Dimensions of

  • Effects of State Policies and County Characteristics on Wind Energy Siting in the Western United States

    Creator:
    Golya, Tamas
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    In order to mitigate climate change and increase sustainability, many states and nations have introduced policies intended to support the growth of renewable energy sources. Among these sources, wind energy has risen most prominently in the 21st century. However, its rise has been accompanied by various constraints and by local...
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    Dissertation
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    Washington) EIA (United States) Energy Information Administration EPA Environmental Protection Agency

  • Greening a Red State: Understanding the Complexities of Environmental Policy in Florida

    Creator:
    Dearden, Grace
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    In some legislative bodies, the use of terms like climate change and global warming is frequently seen as taboo. In the United States, voters who identify as right-leaning have reported little concern about the environment or climate change. This lack of interest is mirrored by Republican legislators who often publicly...
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    Capstone Project
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    emphasis on environmental restoration and protection. Food, water, energy initiatives, and related

  • Macro Stories: Policy Process Dynamics of Presidential Environmental Ideas

    Creator:
    Peterson, Holly L.
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    Public policy narratives and stories are often referenced by the media, politicians, advocacy groups, and across many disciplines in academia. Studies of social and political narratives support the notion narrative matters, but often lack systematic design capable of producing generalizable findings. The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) has responded to this...
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    Dissertation
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    ………………………………………………….52 3.9 Environmental Narrative Policy Images in Modern State of the Union Addresses…….56 3.10

  • Understanding the Implementation of Oregon's Environmental Justice Statute

    Creator:
    Osipova, Polina
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    The environmental justice (EJ) movement has succeeded in achieving policy change across different levels of government, however, there has been relatively little research to date on the implementation of environmental justice policies at the state level. The state of Oregon provides an opportunity to understand how state-level EJ policies are...
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    Capstone Project
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    Environmental Quality, the State Department of Agriculture, the Water Resources Department, the State

  • Theoretical and Quantitative Analysis of Chronological Changes of Wetland Mitigation Policy in the United States

    Creator:
    Masuda, Yosuke
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    The purpose of this research is to evaluate longitudinal changes of wetland mitigation policy in the United States theoretically and quantitatively. This study offers a deeper understanding of critical wetland conservation policy in the United States while providing a useful reference for policy makers and policy implementers of biodiversity offset...
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    Capstone Project
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    Clean Water Act 1972 (CWA) is a critical policy tool to conserve wetlands in the United States (U.S

  • Microgrids and the Transition Toward Decentralized Energy Systems in the United States: A Multi-Level Perspective

    Creator:
    Ajaz, Warda
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    The last decade has seen a drastic interest in microgrids throughout the world. Even though this trend might seem to be just another technological solution in the energy sector, it is a part of a greater transition from a centralized energy system to a more decentralized one. However, unlike most...
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    Dissertation
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    the Transition Toward Decentralized Energy Systems in the United States: A Multi-Level Perspective

  • Co-producing Software for Environmental and Ecological Visualization

    Creator:
    Zanocco, Chad
    Abstract:
    Environmental scientists, land managers, and policy actors are increasingly presented with high-stakes high-uncertainty problems stemming from human-ecosystem interactions. To help address these problems, scientists frequently use models that produce enormous geospatial and temporal datasets that are constantly modified and often seek input from communities outside their discipline. To assist scientists—as...
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    Dissertation
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    -producing Software for Environmental and Ecological Visualization Abstract approved

  • Complicating the Rural in Oregon's Water Policymaking

    Creator:
    Freeman, Misty
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    The state of Oregon is divided in important ways along rural and urban lines, including the way people make a living, individual and group relationships with the natural world, political ideologies, and personal values. This rural-urban divide has assisted policymakers in making decisions that balance the needs of Oregonians on...
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    Dissertation
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    for a nuanced understanding of the diverse needs of rural places. Water policy in the state of

  • Sustainable Management of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: From Traditional to Integrated Hydro-Irrigation-Restoration Systems

    Creator:
    Fernandez-Guajardo, Patricia T.
    Abstract:
    A growing number of scholars and policymakers are advocating for the integrated management of water, energy, and food production. The integrated water-energy-food (WEF) nexus approach suggests that systems able to capture and effectively deal with the interdependencies of such coupled systems are more likely to yield long-term sustainable outcomes. In...
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    Dissertation
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    protection, along with water and energy savings. This research examines three irrigation districts