Archives by Tag 'environmental justice'

The Louisiana Statewide Comparative Risk Project (1991)

In late 1991, CONCUR completed the successful mediation of the Louisiana Comparative Risk Project, a major accord to improve management of the state’s environment. Representatives of 12 state agencies and over 30 interest groups, including the chemical and oil industries, environmentalists, fish and wildlife interests, labor and community activists, as well as federal agencies, signed [...]

Neutral Fact-Finding Effects of Oil and Gas Exploration in the Ecuadorian Oriente (1992)

CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary teamed with three colleagues from the University of California at Berkeley to conduct an independent review of ARCO’s oil and gas exploration in the Ecuadorian Oriente. The review, jointly commissioned by proponents and critics of oil exploration, focused initially on the adequacy of the environmental documentation, was quickly broadened to include [...]