What's Your Poison? The Australian National Pollutant Inventory versus the US Toxics Release Inventory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6234820 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Howe (0000-0002-9694-0835), Michael Howes (0000-0003-1102-1483, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 529-552 |
| Publication date | 2001-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10361140120100703 |
| OpenAlex | W2054564848 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
The Australian National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) is designed to generate political and economic incentives for industry to move towards cleaner production. It enables community groups to put pressure on polluters and provides an opportunity for firms to identify inefficiencies. The inventory is built upon several liberal-democratic premises regarding the power of knowledge, the right to know, the effectiveness of pressure groups, and the ability of government to correct market failures. An older and more extensive US Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) has had significant problems with industry resistance, the restriction of substances covered, and the accuracy of data. There is also the question of the ability of citizens to access and utilise the information provided. This paper analyses the NPI using the TRI as a benchmark for comparison
Benchmark (surveying · Business · Democracy · Economics · Environmental economics · Government (linguistics · Incentive · Microeconomics · Political science · Politics · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Mining and Resource Management
Reflexive Modernisation, the Internet, and Democratic Environmental Decision Making
Australia’s first national level quantitative environmental justice assessment of industrial air pollution
The Australian National Pollutant Inventory Fails to Fulfil Its Legislated Goals
Public policy in the Australian Journal of Political Science
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2017 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |