In Search of Progress
Public Access Rights and Practice in the United States
The United States Access Initiative
Carl Bruch
Environmental Law Institute
Michael Stanley-Jones
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
Simona Vaclavikova
Ohio Citizen Action
August 2002
Contents:
Acknowledgments
Executive Summary
Introduction
Methodology
Access to Information
Box 1: September 11th and Access to Information in the
United States
Box 2: TRI Websites
Box 3: Monitoring Corporate Performance:
The Clean Computer Campaign's Computer Report Card
Public Participation
Box 4: Community Participation in the South
San Francisco Bay TMDL Process
Box 5: Problems in Public Participation
in Siting Power Plants in Ohio
Box 6: The Environmental Justice Coalition for Water
Access to Justice
Looking Forward
Links