Who's Regulating Who? Analyzing Fracking Policy in Colorado, Wyoming, and Louisiana
Who's Regulating Who? Analyzing Fracking Policy in Colorado, Wyoming, and Louisiana
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10.1017/s1466046614000027
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2014-06-01
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Cook, Jeffrey
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在美国，水力压裂法在石油和天然气开采中的使用存在重大争议。为了解决其中的一些问题，各州正在通过规范这一过程来带头。然而，各州的监管方法存在差异，目前还不清楚是什么导致了这些差异。因此，本研究应用政策子系统理论来检查原始的访谈数据，以确定可能导致这些变化的规定，通过检查科罗拉多，怀俄明州，路易斯安那州。本研究发现，政策子系统理论是有用的，在解释这种变化。特别是，机构工作人员和特权利益相关者团体的立场，往往与行业有关，有助于解释为什么科罗拉多有一个比路易斯安那州强得多的监管计划。相比之下，怀俄明州严格的法规在这种情况下代表了异常，但这项研究的结果表明，这个占主导地位的能源子系统可能不会设定任何有利于环境的趋势。
Significant controversy surrounds the use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in oil and gas extraction in the United States. To address some of these concerns, states are leading the charge by regulating the process. Yet, variations exist in state regulatory approaches, and it is still unclear what drives these differences. Thus, this research applies policy subsystem theory to examine original interview data to determine what may cause these variations in regulations through an examination of Colorado, Wyoming, and Louisiana. This research finds that policy subsystem theory is useful in explaining this variation. In particular, the position of agency staff and privileged stakeholder groups, often industry related, help to explain why Colorado has a much stronger regulatory program than Louisiana. In comparison, Wyoming's stringent regulations represent the anomaly in this case, but the results of this research suggest that this dominant energy subsystem will likely not be setting any pro-environment trends going forward.