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The Academy helps Congress, public agencies,
citizen groups, and private industry to strengthen their capacity
for producing stronger economies, cleaner ecosystems, and
healthier living and working environments.
The primary ways
the Academy achieves these goals is through
- providing objective,
nonpartisan, and credible analyses of environmental problems
and programs
- helping public agencies, citizens, and
private industry to anticipate the need for change and respond
with appropriate innovation
- emphasizing systems and approaches to
environmental management that will improve the quality and
usefulness of information available to the public, agency
decision-makers, other policy makers, and private industry,
thus strengthening the performance of democratic institutions
in general and environmental or natural resource agencies
in particular
- developing practical advice and recommendations
tailored to the immediate needs of the public and agency
decision-makers, as well as the long-term welfare of public
institutions
The Academy engages other leaders in environmental
and natural resource management and protection. Academy Fellows
and staff produce studies, technical assistance, practical
workshops, conferences and other activities designed to produce
tangible, on-the-ground improvements in environmental quality
while enhancing the economy.
The Academy currently supports the Environmental
Information Consortium (EIC), whose members represent a cross-section
of the diverse users and providers of environmental data,
including representatives from industry, the environmental
community, technology experts, and state agencies. They have
come together to work on developing and implementing a more
accurate, up-to-date, and integrated facility identification
system that will provide benefits and reduce burdens for all
users of environmental data.
Read about the Academy's
recent environmental projects
and publications.
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