New Study on Need for Long-Term Environmental Monitoring
WASHINGTON—A new study by 11 senior researchers from various distinguished organizations and universities is being published today by Environmental Science and Policy. The study highlights the success of cleanup strategies backed by long-term environmental monitoring. The team reports that, “Environmental policy guided by science saves lives, money, and ecosystems.”
Read the press release posted by the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies: Long-term monitoring is essential to effective environmental policy. Contact: Lori Quillen, [email protected].
Read the study, published today by Environmental Science and Policy: Air pollution success stories in the United States: The value of long-term observations.
An accompanying presentation by the authors is also available.
Dr. Dallas Burtraw of Resources for the Future (RFF) is one of the authors of the study. If you would like to talk to him, please call me, Dave Cohen. I will try to arrange an interview.
Dave Cohen
RFF Press Secretary
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