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| Title | Environmental protection: job-taker or job-maker |
| Creator/Author | Kazis, R. ; Grossman, R.L. |
| Publication Date | 1982 Nov 01 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 5275845 |
| Other Number(s) | Journal ID: CODEN: ENVTA |
| Resource Type | Journal Article |
| Resource Relation | Journal Name: Environment; (United States); Journal Volume: 24:9 |
| Subject | 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; AIR POLLUTION; COMPLIANCE; EMPLOYMENT; REGULATIONS; SURVEYS; WATER POLLUTION; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; POLLUTION |
| Description/Abstract | Despite all its complaints of layoffs and job loss due to environmental and occupational health and safety regulations, the business community has generated no data to substantiate its claims. EPA's survey, Economic Dislocation Early Warning System, identified 153 such closings in firms of 25 or more workers. During the period 1971-1981, 32,611 workers were alleged to have lost their jobs: an average of about 3200 workers a year in a workforce of about 100 million people (or 0.003 percent). The figures are exaggerated since environmental regulation may have been one of the least compelling reasons to suspend operations. In many cases obsolescence, declining sales, problems with raw materials and increased energy costs were much more important. Specific cases are cited. (JMT) |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Medium: X; Size: Pages: 3-20, 43 |
| System Entry Date | 2009 Dec 16 |
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