Public Engagement and Sustainable Energy Development

E. Gilliland, E. Sarver, L. Krometis, M. Karmis
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Public engagement is increasingly important in ensuring the success of projects related to energy development, particularly with regard to issues of environmental protection, public health, and socio-economic impacts.  This is due to concurrent trends in public behavior, including a rise in public interest in these projects that is not matched by a rise in science literacy, and increasing organization and participation of the public through social media, citizen science, and grassroots initiatives.  In recent years, several high-profile incidents have demonstrated that when public concern is ignored or met with a passive response from industry, it can rapidly grow into organized opposition that negatively impacts or wholly derails a project.  Engaging, listening to, and educating stakeholders during early planning and development phases are therefore essential to earning credibility and trust.  Moreover, maintaining two-way lines of communication throughout the lifespan of a project demonstrates social responsibility and facilitates cooperation, acceptance, and even support from communities and others.  Positive experiences with specific projects at a local, community level can influence the larger public opinion of an entire industry sector.  This paper presents cases studies of public engagement related to shale gas development (including hydraulic fracturing and pipeline construction), mountaintop removal mining, and management of mixed-use watersheds near surface mining operations.  The experiences highlighted in these case studies are used to draw best practices of public engagement for sustainable energy development.
公众参与与可持续能源发展
在确保与能源开发有关的项目取得成功方面,特别是在环境保护、公共卫生和社会经济影响等问题方面,公众参与越来越重要。这是由于公众行为的同步趋势,包括公众对这些项目的兴趣增加,而科学素养的提高却没有相应的提高,以及通过社交媒体、公民科学和基层倡议增加公众的组织和参与。近年来,几起备受关注的事件表明,当公众的关注被忽视或行业被动回应时,它可以迅速发展成有组织的反对,对项目产生负面影响或彻底破坏项目。因此,在早期规划和开发阶段参与、倾听和教育利益相关者对于赢得信誉和信任至关重要。此外,在项目的整个生命周期中保持双向沟通表明了社会责任,促进了合作、接受,甚至是社区和其他人的支持。在地方和社区一级具体项目的积极经验可以影响整个工业部门的更大的公众舆论。本文介绍了与页岩气开发(包括水力压裂和管道建设)、山顶移除采矿和地面采矿作业附近混合用途流域管理相关的公众参与案例研究。这些案例研究中强调的经验被用来总结公众参与可持续能源发展的最佳做法。
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