DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112379
论文题名: Recycled text and risk communication in natural gas pipeline environmental impact assessments
作者: Hileman J.D. ; Angst M. ; Scott T.A. ; Sundström E.
刊名: Energy Policy
ISSN: 03014215
出版年: 2021
卷: 156 语种: 英语
中文关键词: Environmental impact assessment
; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
; Landslide risk
; Natural gas pipeline
; Risk communication
; Text similarity
英文关键词: Decision making
; Environmental impact
; Environmental protection
; Knowledge management
; Natural gas
; Recycling
; Risk assessment
; Agency compliance
; Energy infrastructures
; Federal agency
; Federal energy regulatory commissions
; Impact assessments
; Infrastructure project
; Landslide risk
; National Environmental Policy Act
; Risk communication
; Text similarity
; Environmental impact assessments
; energy management
; environmental impact
; environmental impact assessment
; infrastructural development
; landslide
; natural gas
; pipeline
; risk assessment
; United States
英文摘要: Under the U.S. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), energy infrastructure projects that are permitted by federal agencies require preparation and publication of an environmental impact assessment. However, fifty years after the passage of NEPA, agencies’ compliance behaviors, and how these behaviors might shape the risks associated with energy infrastructure, remain largely unexplored. Here, we consider how assessment documents from forty-six of the largest U.S. natural gas pipeline mega-projects address landslide risks. Using a series of text mining and content analysis methods, we evaluate the prevalence of recycled text across assessments. We find that text similarity does not correspond closely to reported risk levels – in many cases, common verbiage is used and only project-specific details (e.g., locations, numeric figures) are substituted. While such approaches likely expedite preparation of assessments and facilitate knowledge transfer between projects, we argue that common text potentially hinders clear communication of differential risks to decision-makers and the public, who may lack the technical expertise to contextualize the magnitude and severity of reported figures. In light of ongoing policy efforts to streamline lengthy and costly energy infrastructure permitting processes under NEPA, it is vital that such efforts do not undermine the risk communication requirements of the review process. © 2021 The Authors Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/167821
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作者单位: Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Kräftriket 2B, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden; Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, P.O. Box 256, 75105, Sweden; Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, Dübendorf, 8600, Switzerland; Digital Society Initiative, University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 69, Zürich, 8001, Switzerland; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, United States
Recommended Citation:
Hileman J.D.,Angst M.,Scott T.A.,et al. Recycled text and risk communication in natural gas pipeline environmental impact assessments[J]. Energy Policy,2021-01-01,156