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Title
An attitude assessment of Title V environmental leaders toward cap and trade
Description
In 2009, cap and trade was at the forefront of political and environmental discussions. At this time, the American Clean Energy and Security Act passed in the United States House of Representatives. Market based systems are alternatives to traditional regulatory methods such as command and control. This study intended to assess the attitudes of environmental leaders who managed air emissions as a part of their job responsibilities. The attitude of these individuals would have influenced their acceptance of this method as a program to reduce environmental pollution and improve air quality. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the attitudes of South Carolinian Title V environmental leaders toward cap and trade. Additionally, the study intended to determine if experience impacted the attitudes of survey respondents. Lastly, the study determined if environmental leaders found current methods such as command and control effective in air pollution regulation. The survey used the Likert Method of Summated Ratings. Environmental leaders reviewed attitudinal statements about the various subjects. The leaders selected an agreement level which determined their attitudes toward the statement. Numerical response ratings evaluated the leader's attitude by experience level. The survey found that respondents had negative attitudes toward cap and trade. The respondents had a positive attitude toward traditional regulatory methods such as command and control. Lastly, the results concluded that environmental experience did not have an impact on the respondents' attitude toward cap and trade. Therefore, it can be concluded that the environmental leaders prefer traditional air pollution regulatory methods in comparison to alternatives such as cap and trade.
Date Created
2012
Contributors
- Lyons, Tiffiny (Author)
- Olson, Larry (Thesis advisor)
- Brown, Albert (Committee member)
- Peterson, Danny (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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Resource Type
Extent
xiii, 109 p. : col. ill
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.15905
Statement of Responsibility
by Tiffiny Lyons
Description Source
Viewed on Feb. 5, 2013
Level of coding
full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: M.S. Tech, Arizona State University, 2012
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-100)
Field of study: Technology
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