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Use of Fracking Information Disclosure Policies to Reduce Uncertainty in Risk-Based Decisions

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Lonnquist, S; Gallagher, D
Published in: Review of Policy Research
May 1, 2021

The hydraulic fracturing (fracking) boom has outpaced both our understanding of its potential impacts on human health and the environment, as well as the legal and regulatory frameworks in place to govern it. We conducted interviews in Pennsylvania with individuals living in communities affected by fracking to examine how residents perceive the laws and regulations that are in place to protect them from its risks. We found that residents felt that they lacked access to sufficiently comprehensive and comprehensible information about the potential risks that fracking poses. We then drew from scholarship on the use of information disclosure as a regulatory tool to discuss the need for increased information transparency in the fracking context, and proposed several policy interventions that could ease the information asymmetry experienced by residents in these communities.

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Review of Policy Research

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1541-1338

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1541-132X

Publication Date

May 1, 2021

Volume

38

Issue

3

Start / End Page

326 / 346

Related Subject Headings

  • General Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
  • 1605 Policy and Administration
 

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Lonnquist, S., & Gallagher, D. (2021). Use of Fracking Information Disclosure Policies to Reduce Uncertainty in Risk-Based Decisions. Review of Policy Research, 38(3), 326–346. https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12423
Lonnquist, S., and D. Gallagher. “Use of Fracking Information Disclosure Policies to Reduce Uncertainty in Risk-Based Decisions.” Review of Policy Research 38, no. 3 (May 1, 2021): 326–46. https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12423.
Lonnquist S, Gallagher D. Use of Fracking Information Disclosure Policies to Reduce Uncertainty in Risk-Based Decisions. Review of Policy Research. 2021 May 1;38(3):326–46.
Lonnquist, S., and D. Gallagher. “Use of Fracking Information Disclosure Policies to Reduce Uncertainty in Risk-Based Decisions.” Review of Policy Research, vol. 38, no. 3, May 2021, pp. 326–46. Scopus, doi:10.1111/ropr.12423.
Lonnquist S, Gallagher D. Use of Fracking Information Disclosure Policies to Reduce Uncertainty in Risk-Based Decisions. Review of Policy Research. 2021 May 1;38(3):326–346.
Journal cover image

Published In

Review of Policy Research

DOI

EISSN

1541-1338

ISSN

1541-132X

Publication Date

May 1, 2021

Volume

38

Issue

3

Start / End Page

326 / 346

Related Subject Headings

  • General Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
  • 1605 Policy and Administration