Communication Final

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Sustainable Development

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that which“aims to promote harmony among humanbeings and between humanity andnature… [by] meeting the needs of thepresent without compromising the abilityof future generations to meet their ownneeds.”

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Three Es and Three Ps

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Environmental protection, Economichealth, and Equity (social justice) and/or People, Prosperity, and the Planet

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Discourse of the free market

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sustains theidea that the private marketplace is self regulatingand ultimately promotes the socialgood.

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Productivist discourse

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supports “anexpansionistic, growth-oriented ethic.”

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Eco-label certification programs

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the useof special logos on products to ostensibly signalan independent group’s assurance to consumersthat the product is environmentally friendly orproduced in a manner that did not harm theenvironment.

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Green marketing

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a term used to refer to acorporation’s attempt to associate its products, services,or identity with environmental values and images.

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Greenwashing

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an attempt to promote theappearances of products and commodity consumption asenvironmental or “green,” while deliberately disavowingenvironmental impacts.

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Image enhancement

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the use of PR (publicrelations) to improve the brand or ethos of thecorporation itself by associating it with positiveenvironmental messages, practices, and products.

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Image repair

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the use of PR to restore a company’scredibility after an environmental harm or accident.

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Material rhetoric

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theinterpretation of how humansand the physical world(including buildings andbodies) constitute meaning.

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Sustainable infrastructure

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refers to the physicalelements needed to allow anorganization to operatesustainably.

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Environmental tort

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a legal claim for injuryor a lawsuit relating to an environmental issue.

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Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

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Federallaws that guarantee all American citizens the rightto see the records of the federal government.

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National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

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alandmark statute requiring all federal agencies totake into account their environmental impact indecision making and guaranteeing that the publicwould have an opportunity to speak directly to U.S.government agencies before these agencies couldproceed with any actions affecting theenvironment.

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Notice of Intent (NOI)

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announces an agency’s intention toprepare an environmental impactstatement (EIS) for a proposed action.

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Participatory communication

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adynamic, interactional, andtransformative process of dialoguebetween people, groups, andinstitutions that enables people, bothindividually and collectively, torealize their full potential and beengaged in their own welfare’

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Public comment

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typically takes the formof in-person, spoken testimony at publichearings, exchanges of views at open meetings,written communications to agencies (e-mails,letters, and reports), and participation oncitizen advisory panels

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Public hearings

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face-to-face meetingsthat solicit public input on a decision before anagency takes action that might significantlyaffect the environment.

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Public participation

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viewed as a corecharacteristic of a democracy.

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Right to comment

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theopportunity to publicly addressthe agency or entity that isresponsible for a decision aboutactual or potential harms andbenefits one perceives as aresult of that decision.

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Right to know

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ability tohave access to relevantinformation.

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Scoping

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a preliminary stage in anagency’s development of a proposed rule oraction, including any meetings and how thepublic can get involved.

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SLAPP lawsuits

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a legal action known as“Strategic Litigation Against PublicParticipation”

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SLAPP-back

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when a defendant countersues a corporation alleging that the plaintiffinfringed on the citizen’s right to free speechor to petition the government.

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Sunshine laws

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laws thatrequire open meetings ofgovernment bodies in order toshine the light of publicscrutiny on their workings.

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Superfund sites

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abandoned chemical waste sitesthat have qualified for federalfunds for their cleanup.

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Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) Program

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provides funds for citizen groups topay for technical advisors to explaintechnical reports, as well as EPA’s cleanupproposals for the superfund sites; the grantsalso allow these advisors to assist localcitizens in participating in public meetingswith the EPA.

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Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)

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datacollected annually by the EPA on toxicmaterials released into the air and water bydesignated industries.

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Community-based collaboration

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involves individuals and representatives ofaffected groups, businesses, or otheragencies in addressing a specific or shorttermproblem in a local community.

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Decision space

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refers to whatdecisions are open to the participants’influence

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Dissensus

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a questioning of ordisagreement with a claim or a premise ofa speaker’s argument.

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Groupthink

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excessivegroup cohesion that impedescritical or independentthinking.

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Mediation

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a facilitatedeffort to come to agreemententered into voluntarily or atthe suggestion of a court,counselors, or other institution.

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Place-based collaboration

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acollaborative process involving stakeholderswho live in, and have an interest or “stake” in,the place (local community or region) wherea conflict occurs.

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Stakeholders

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those parties to a disputewho have a real or discernible interest (astake) in the outcome.

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The Progress Triangle

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portrays conflictmanagement as “three interrelated dimensions—substantive, procedural, and relationship”

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Arbitration

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usually court ordered and involvesthe presentation of opposing views to a neutral,third-party individual or panel that, in turn, rendersa judgment about the conflict.

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Citizens’ advisory committee

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usually groupsthat a government agency appoints to solicit inputfrom diverse interests—local residents, businessrepresentatives, city planners, environmentalscientists, and more—in a community about a projector problem.

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Collaboration

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constructive, open, civilcommunication, generally as dialogue; a focus onthe future; an emphasis on learning; and somedegree of power sharing and leveling of the playingfield.

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Agency capture

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refers to when a regulatedindustry pressures or influences officials to ignoreviolations of a corporation’s permit for environmentalperformance (for example, its air or water discharges).

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Citizen suits

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enable citizens to go into afederal court to make an argument with the hope ofpersuading a judge to enforce an environmental law.

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Forensic rhetoric

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the study of the art ofspeaking in court before a judge and/or jury.

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Injury in fact

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a concrete, particular injury thatan individual suffers due to the action[s] of anotherparty.

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Intergenerational justice

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theprinciple of fairness, or justice, inrelationships, not only betweenchildren and adults, but between thepresent and future (unborn)generations.

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Public trust doctrine

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theprinciple that certain natural andcultural resources are preserved forpublic use, and that the governmentowns and must protect and maintainthese resources for the public’s use.

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Right of Standing

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thepresumption that an individualhaving a sufficient interest in amatter may stand before judicialauthority to speak and seekprotection of that interest in court.

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Seventh generation principle

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the desire to make decisions basedon how they will impact not onegeneration, but seven.