US EPA, National Center for Environmental Economics / by Kelly B. Maguire and Glenn Sheriff http://yosemite.epa.gov/EE/epa/eed.nsf/WPNumber/2011-02?OpenDocument [Abstract] Economists have long been interested in measuring distributional impacts of policy interventions. As environmental justice (EJ) emerged as an ethical issue in the 1970s, the academic literature has provided statistical analyses of the incidence and causes of various … Continue reading »
Posted on May 2, 2011 …
Green Jobs Training: A Catalog of Training Opportunities for Green Infrastructure Technologies
US EPA, Office of Wastewater Management (dated Sept. 2010) http://www.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/greenjobscatalog2010.pdf [From Introduction] …The U.S. EPA and Green Infrastructure partners are working to identify needs, develop capacity for particular technological skills, and encourage and facilitate new training and certification programs related to the management of wet weather using green infrastructure. This catalog is intended to provide … Continue reading »
Green Infrastructure Case Studies: Municipal Policies for Managing Stormwater with Green Infrastructure
US EPA, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds http://www.epa.gov/owow/NPS/lid/gi_case_studies_2010.pdf [Background] This report presents the common trends in how 12 local governments developed and implemented stormwater policies to support green infrastructure. The local policies examined in this paper include interagency cooperation, enforcement and management issues and integration with state and federal regulations. While a strong motivation … Continue reading »
