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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Canada's Voluntary ARET Program: Limited Success Despite Industry Cosponsorship
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Antweiler, Werner; Harrison, Kathryn – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2007
The Accelerated Reduction/Elimination of Toxins (ARET) Challenge was a voluntary program initiated in 1994 by the Government of Canada. Unlike the U.S. 33/50 Program, ARET involved industry partners in negotiation and cosponsorship of the program, with the intention that early involvement would yield stronger commitment to voluntary reductions. We…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Industry, Program Effectiveness, Environmental Education
Incentives for Pollution Abatement: Regulation, Regulatory Threats, and Non-Governmental Pressures
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Harrison, Kathryn; Antweiler, Werner – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2003
In the last decade, voluntary efforts by firms to reduce their environmental impacts have received increasing attention from both policymakers and scholars. This article discusses polluters' incentives to reduce their releases. In particular, using data from Canada's National Pollutant Release Inventory, it examines the impacts of conventional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Federal Regulation, Accountability, Pollution