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By its fundamentally collective nature, environmental policy tends to implicate a multiplicity of actors. From microbial threats in Chesapeake Bay and the construction of the Newbury bypass to global warming and ozone depletion, a variety of viewpoints vie for attention when an environmental issue enters the policy arena. Perhaps more than any other factor, this phenomenon has forced questions of transparency to the fore in environmental decisionmaking, while other policy areas remain relatively opaque. Thus, to some degree, issues that have arisen in the implementation of environmental decisions may serve as a harbinger for other policy areas.
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Juni, R.L. (2000). Decision-making Processes in Environmental Policy and Regulation. In: Finkelstein, N.D. (eds) Transparency in Public Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333977583_4
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