The Relationship Between Toxics Release Inventory Discharges and Mortality Rates in Rural and Urban Areas of the United States

Hendryx, Michael; Fedorko, Evan

doi:10.1111/j.1748-0361.2011.00367.x

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“…Communities may mobilize when they realize that greater amounts of air and water pollution increase mortality (Hendryx & Fedorko, 2011). According to Hamilton (2005), however, the impact of information is not uniform: less politically active communities may not pressurize local plants to reduce polluting emissions.…”

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Institutional Pressures and Organizational Characteristics: The Case of Polluting Emissions and the Toxics Release Inventory

Sadler

2016

Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics

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This article develops a model that demonstrates how organizational characteristics moderate institutional pressures on firms that report annually to the Toxics Release Inventory. In terms of institutional pressures, market forces, non-market forces and regulatory demands influence environmental practices at the plant level. Organizational characteristics of the firm, including firm size, competitive position and degree of internationalization moderate these influences, leading to a firm's corporate environmental performance. The article finds that firms may voluntarily over-comply with the existing regulation when such action aligns with existing corporate strategies and culture, reducing the possibility of stricter regulation and enhancing a socially responsible reputation.

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Section: Non-market Forcesmentioning

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Institutional Pressures and Organizational Characteristics: The Case of Polluting Emissions and the Toxics Release Inventory

Sadler

2016

Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics

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“…This problem can be examined both from macro and micro perspectives. From the macro perspective, air pollution resulting from the use of fossil fuels poses a threat to the stability of the Earth's climate (greenhouse gases), while from the micro perspective, it affects human health on the local and regional scale (e.g., particulate air pollution PM2.5 and PM10) [9][10][11]. These particulates, due to their dimensions, are easily carried over large distances along with movements of air masses, and affect residents of neighbouring areas.…”

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Development of Renewable Energy Sources in the Context of Threats Resulting from Low-Altitude Emissions in Rural Areas in Poland: A Review

Piwowar

Dzikuć

2019

Energies

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The process of transformation of the Polish economy, traditionally based on coal, into an economy that uses low-carbon technologies, faces a problem associated with the diversification of energy sources, especially in rural areas. The scale of the use of conventional energy carriers in households located in rural areas in Poland has a very negative impact on the natural environment. The aim of the paper is to indicate possibilities of reducing low-altitude emissions (with emitters not exceeding 40 m in height) in rural areas in Poland, through the development of renewable energy sources. This paper provides an overview of the specific character of rural areas in Poland and the development challenges faced in these areas in the investigated scope. In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency, it is necessary to dynamize pro-ecological activities in agriculture and in rural areas, including the development of agricultural biogas plants, wind and photovoltaic farms. The use of renewable energy sources can be an important factor in the development and sustainable growth of rural areas in Poland.

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“…[53][54][55][56]60,62,64 Very recently some papers were published discussing the influence of the light intensity and the humidity on the kinetic parameters in eqn (2). Hunger et al 60 have employed this rate law (eqn (2)) to analyze the kinetics of the photocatalytic NO oxidation over TiO 2 -containing concrete.…”

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Light intensity dependence of the kinetics of the photocatalytic oxidation of nitrogen(ii) oxide at the surface of TiO2

Dillert

Engel

Große

et al. 2013

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.

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Air pollution by nitrogen oxides represents a serious environmental problem in urban areas where numerous sources of these pollutants are concentrated. One approach to reduce the concentration of these air pollutants is their light-induced oxidation in the presence of molecular oxygen and a photocatalytically active building material which uses titanium dioxide as the photocatalyst. Herein, results of an investigation concerning the influence of the photon flux and the pollutant concentration on the rate of the photocatalytic oxidation of nitrogen(II) oxide in the presence of molecular oxygen and UV(A) irradiated titanium dioxide powder are presented. A Langmuir-Hinshelwood-type rate law for the photocatalytic NO oxidation inside the photoreactor comprising four kinetic parameters is derived being suitable to describe the influence of the pollutant concentration and the photon flux on the rate of the photocatalytic oxidation of nitrogen(II) oxide.

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The Relationship Between Toxics Release Inventory Discharges and Mortality Rates in Rural and Urban Areas of the United States

Abstract: The results support the use of the TRI as a public reporting tool and a research tool, and demonstrate that greater amounts of air and water TRI releases are related to mortality outcomes for both rural and urban populations.

Cited by 10 publications

References 25 publications

Institutional Pressures and Organizational Characteristics: The Case of Polluting Emissions and the Toxics Release Inventory

Institutional Pressures and Organizational Characteristics: The Case of Polluting Emissions and the Toxics Release Inventory

Development of Renewable Energy Sources in the Context of Threats Resulting from Low-Altitude Emissions in Rural Areas in Poland: A Review

Light intensity dependence of the kinetics of the photocatalytic oxidation of nitrogen(ii) oxide at the surface of TiO2

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