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The Right to Know

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2005

John H. Perkins
John H. Perkins
Affiliation:
The Evergreen State University, Olympia, WA

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In my last column I addressed some implicationsof September 11 for environmentalprofessionals (Environmental Practice,Volume 3, Number 4, December 2001).My concern was that government facilitieswould deprive surrounding communitiesof information. It turns out, however, thatthe problem may be of a different sort: theright-to-know provisions of several majorfederal laws. Under these laws, private companiesmust report emissions of toxicchemicals to state and federal authorities.

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Environmental Practice , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , March 2002 , pp. 1 - 2
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© 2002 National Association for Environmental Professionals