Summaries for: Environmental Planning
Inside the mind of a NIMBY: interview with Arizona copper mine opponents
By Christopher Hopkins,
Senior Vice President, Aggregates and Mining, The Saint Consulting Group
People oppose mining development for a number of reasons, to protect the environment, to preserve the character of the community and because the product that is being mined is extremely controversial. Here is an Arizona Daily Star interview ...
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Quarries Still High on Opposition List: Saint Index in Rock Products magazine
Data from The Saint Consulting Group shows that the economic recession has made Americans more willing to support new commercial projects in their community. Yet, quarries remain among the top in drawing community opposition -- coming in a distant third to landfills and casinos, Rock Products magazine has reported. Of 1,000 adults interviewed nationwide, 68% ...
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Why Americans oppose local development projects – The Saint Index
23% of Americans say that the reason they actively rose up in opposition to a local development project is to preserve the character of their community. 22% say it was to protect the environment and 16% said they were protecting the value of their homes. The vast majority ...
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Politicization skews planning process against development – Saint Index
87% of Americans say a candidate's position on local development issues is important when they choose for whom they will cast their votes. Years ago, elected officials wanted to make an impact and be able to point to new commercial development from their term in office. They wanted to show their ...
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Hey! Anyone know how California will reduce greenhouse emissions?
By Jesse McKnight,
Executive Vice President, The Saint Consulting Group
As a Urban Land Institute (ULI) member and California resident, I found it interesting that ULI decided to nationally endorse SB375, a California bill that attempts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Golden State.
Not that I am supportive or against the legislation, but ...
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Environmentalists target conservationists over renewables
Environmentalists are notching up the rhetoric against conservationists in a widening battle to win over public support for renewable energy.
As Tim Dickinson writes in the blog Outside Online, "The conservationists fighting renewable-energy development need to wake up and smell the wind and solar power. Now."
He points out that conservationists who have fought developers all their ...
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US Chamber notes Green vs Green gulf over renewables
The US Chamber of Commerce and many of its state-based affiliates appear as ideological conservatives on environment issues. No surprise there. But this same Chamber has drawn attention to energy projects around the country that face a kind of Green versus Green struggle over many clean and renewable energy projects.
The US Chamber's website Project No Project documents energy projects around ...
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Mining industry glimpses light at end of tunnel
By Christopher Hopkins,Senior Vice President, Aggregates and Mining, The Saint Consulting GroupThe end may be in sight for part of the recession that has devastated sections of the mining industry over the past three years. Cemex and Vulcan Materials both recorded increased sales in April and are projected to have a further increase in May, ...
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Land agents play vital role in energy development outreach, training
By Ben Kelahan
Senior Vice President, The Saint Report
Land agents. Whether it’s acquiring the land necessary for a wind farm development or gas drilling operation, land agents serve a vital role for the energy industry to assemble the project footprint necessary to generate and produce the electricity and fuel we need to continually be powered up.
As ...
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Classic wind project support dilemma: like it, won’t pay for it
North American WindPower recently reported that a poll by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's Center for Policy Analysis found that while Massachusetts electric ratepayers generally support wind energy, this support erodes rapidly if wind projects contribute to an increase in electric bills. The poll found that 55% of respondents would not pay more for electricity produced ...
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