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FT: Opposition fades to big US land projects
August 2, 2010 — Financial Times — The economic slowdown in the US has increased potential support for new superstores, hospitals and even power plants, according to an annual survey of public attitudes towards big local land projects. Sixty-eight percent of 1,000 adults surveyed in June by Saint Consulting, which specialises in land use approval ...
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All Politics is Local, All Land Use is Political
August 2010 — American Coal Magazine — Christopher Hopkins of Saint Consulting explains the politics of land use surrounding the development of coal energy generation and mining in an article for the American Coal Council's American Coal Magazine. The issue also contains a book review of Nimby Wars: The Politics of Land Use by Jason ...
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Aggregate industry wins right to mine South Florida ‘Lake Belt’ reserves
April 2010 — Rock Products Magazine — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved a plan that will allow mining to expand in a region of South Florida called "The Lake Belt." The industry prevailed over strong opposition by environmental interests, who denounced the decision. Saint Consulting Senior Vice President for Aggregates and Mining Christopher ...
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First Person: P. Michael Saint
January 2010 — Area Development 2010 Annual Directory — Area Development Magazine's Annual Directory features a Question-and-Answer "First Person" column with P. Michael Saint, CEO of The Saint Consulting Group. Mike discusses land use politics and how it influences the approval process for industrial development proposals. The column also appeared in Area Development's November 2009 ...
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Delaware professor says Bluewater’s public-support approach a blueprint
December 10, 2009 — The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) — The Delaware public embraced an offshore wind farm proposal in large part because of how the issue was framed, says a University of Delaware researcher. And that could be a powerful lesson for others. University of Delaware associate professor Willett Kempton briefed the American Wind ...
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Stakeholder acceptance, policy incentives needed to develop offshore wind
SNL Power Daily 12-8-2009 — December 8, 2009 — SNL Power Daily — Stakeholder acceptance and policy incentives are key elements for offshore wind projects to be successful, panelists said Dec. 3 at the American Wind Energy Association’s Offshore Wind Power Workshop in Boston. Ben Kelahan, senior vice president of energy with Saint Consulting, which ...
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High-tech helps developers open doors
November 28, 2009 — The Washington Post — Saint Consulting President Patrick Fox is quoted in a news report about adding the use of social networking and technology to traditional shoe leather political organizing to build citizen support for development projects. (White Flint team goes directly to residents to add them to the lobbying corps)
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Internet changing way landfill siting battles are fought
November 09, 2009 — Waste & Reclycling News — YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET — If landfill developers thought times were tough, just wait.
That’s because potential project opponents are more easily mobilized with information that can be gained quicker than ever thanks to the Internet, said Michael Saint, founder and CEO of the Saint Consulting ...
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Book Review: NIMBY Wars
November 5, 2009 — Financial Times — TACTICAL GUIDE TO THE DARK ARTS OF NIMBY CAMPAIGNS — A review of the business book NIMBY Wars - The Politics of Land Use by Jonathan Birchall, U.S. retail reporter for the Financial Times. "The authors have produced what amounts to an introductory promotional handbook to the dark ...
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Walmart gears up for push into cities
November 2, 2009 — Financial Times — Walmart has stepped up efforts to mobilize local political support for new store openings in US cities and urban areas that were last month identified as a growth priority for the retailer by Mike Duke, its chief executive. Saint Consulting, a group specializing in land use politics, reported ...
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