• ISBN13: 9780521855303
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Earth-Science/Environment
• Publisher: Cambridge UP
• Publisher Imprint: Cambridge
• Publication Date: August 17, 2005
• Pages: 358
• Original Price: GBP 47.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 604 grams

About the Book The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program required facilities that handle threshold amounts of specific chemicals to report yearly their releases and transfers of these toxic substances. The TRI data have become the yardstick by which regulators, investors, environmental organizations, and local community groups measure company environmental performance. This book tells the story of the TRI from its origin and implementation to its revision and retrenchment. Its mix of case study and quantitative analysis shows how the TRI operates and how the information provided affects decisions in both the public and private sectors.