The siting game: A NIMBY primer. [Sites for waste management facilities: Not in my backyard]

Journal Article · · Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy; (United States)

OSTI ID:6586529

Gibbs, L M; Lipsett, B ^[1]

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1. Citizen's Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste, Falls Church, VA (United States)

If it's a David-and-Goliath type struggle, then it's difficult to distinguish David from Goliath. For in the battle to site waste-management facilities, local opposition groups are virtually winning every time. A major reason for their victories is the coaching they get from people like the authors, who lead the Citizen's Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste in Falls Church, Virginia. The clearinghouse provides opposition groups across the country with proven strategies for defeating proposals for landfills, incinerators, and hazardous-waste sites. For each move made by the advocates, the authors suggest a counter move in the high-stakes game of public persuasion. The underlying theme of siting strategies has been to bribe, confuse, or otherwise dupe the public into accepting disposal facilities.

• OSTI ID: 6586529
• Journal Information: Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy; (United States), Vol. 8:1; ISSN 0887-8218
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
SITE SELECTION
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
INTEREST GROUPS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HUMAN FACTORS
INCINERATORS
PROPOSALS
SANITARY LANDFILLS
WASTE PROCESSING
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
PROCESSING
WASTE DISPOSAL
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