(Mis) informed about what? What it means to be a science-literate citizen in a digital world

EL Howell, D Brossard - Proceedings of the National …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Science literacy is often held up as crucial for avoiding science-related misinformation and
enabling more informed individual and collective decision-making. But research has not yet …

Stakeholder perceptions of marine plastic waste management in the United Kingdom

G McNicholas, M Cotton - Ecological Economics, 2019 - Elsevier
Plastic pollution is a significant threat to the marine environment. The problem has become
subject to increasing scientific scrutiny, media campaigning and growing public awareness …

[HTML][HTML] Global gas flaring and energy justice: An empirical ethics analysis of stakeholder perspectives

GO Aigbe, M Cotton, LC Stringer - Energy Research & Social Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Global gas flaring harms human and non-human health and well-being while contributing to
climate change. Flaring activity in the global oil and gas sector is a significant matter of …

Making landscapes negotiable: Q-methodology as a boundary-spanning and empowering diagnostic

JD Langston, MAF Ros-Tonen, J Reed - Environmental Management, 2024 - Springer
Landscapes are conceptually fuzzy and rich, and subject to plural framings. They are places
of inquiry and intervention for scientists and practitioners, but also concepts bound to …

The early warning system for determining the “not in My Back Yard” of heavy pollution projects based on public perception

X Cong, L Ma, L Wang, J Šaparauskas… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the negative impact of Heavy Pollution Projects (HPPs) on the surrounding
environment and the general public's daily life, HPPs are often resisted by the public during …

Seeing through risk-colored glasses: Risk and benefit perceptions, knowledge, and the politics of fracking in the United States

EL Howell, CD Wirz, D Brossard, DA Scheufele… - Energy Research & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Political conservatives are consistently more supportive of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in
the US, while political liberals are consistently more opposed, yet the processes sha** this …

A signaling game approach of siting conflict mediation for the construction of waste incineration facilities under information asymmetry

S **, Y Wang, X Qian, J Zhou, Y Nie, G Qian - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
One major challenge for the construction of waste incineration facilities (WIF) is the local
opposition from the public, which is commonly known as the not-in-my-back-yard (NIMBY) …

Exploring critical influencing factors for the site selection failure of waste-to-energy projects in China caused by the “not in my back yard” effect

X Cong, L Wang, L Ma, M Skibnewski - … Construction and Architectural …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to explore the critical influencing factors that lead to the site
selection failure of waste-to-energy (WtE) projects in China under the influence of the “Not In …

Towards a circular economy: using stakeholder subjectivity to identify priorities, consensus, and conflict in the Irish EPS/XPS market

JE Black, K Kopke, C O'Mahony - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
In European Seas, plastic litter from fishing activities, river transport, and poor waste
management is one of the fastest growing threats to the health of the marine environment …

Waste-to-energy risk perception typology: health, politics and environmental impacts

M Subiza-Pérez, A Zabala, D Groten… - Journal of risk …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Where strategies to reduce and recycle urban solid waste are insufficient, waste incineration
is proposed as second-best management. Waste-to-energy facilities often raise remarkable …