All files classified under: Environment

From 1995 to 1997, CBI assisted four towns in Western Maine tackle tough environmental pollution and public health concerns surround the area’s major employer, a large pulp and paper mill. CBI worked closely with the U.S. EPA, Region I, Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), and the Maine Department of Health to assist the communities.

Since 1998, CBI has worked closely with the Indian Taxation Advisory Board (ITAB) and the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA) to help improve relationships and negotiations among First Nations and the gas and oil industry.

The National Park Service invited Patrick Field, Managing Director of CBI, Robert Fisher, Senior Mediator at Fisher Collaborative Services, and Ona Ferguson of CBI to conduct an assessment to determine the feasibility of using a negotiated rulemaking process to manage the use of motorized vehicles on the Cape Hattera National Seashore, North Carolina.

CBI assists twenty-six stakeholders to reach agreement on the restoration of the urban lower Neponset River in Boston, Massachusetts.

CBI has worked with the Town of Stratford, Connecticut, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) seeking to address the consequences of fifty years of the manufacturing of asbestos-lined brake shoes.

CBI worked with the City of Cambridge, MA to facilitate dialogues about climate change policies and practices within the city. They facilitated  citizen-led sessions of the "Climate Emergency Congress", helping to develop three proposals and a comprehensive list of actions that city staff, elected officials, community members, and others can take to reduce carbon emissions and respond to the impacts of climate change.

Despite the best of intentions and the availability of considerable resources, the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program (AMP) has failed to bring stakeholders together to jointly increase their understanding of the Colorado River and make useful, broadly supported resource management recommendations. In this article, the authors argue that the Glen Canyon Dam AMP has implemented CAM ineffectively, largely due to Congress and the DOI’s deficient initial design.

The Governor of Delaware determined the need for identifying predictable sources of funding for both wastewater and stormwater and, within that statewide need, addressing regional differences in both needs and resources. With the assistance of Lt. Governor John Carney, Chair of the Livable Delaware Advisory Council, the Governor’s Office, and DNREC staff, DPPI organized and convened a policy dialogue of stakeholders from across the state.