Konferenzbeitrag
Considering Environmental Health Risks of Energy Options: Hydraulic Fracturing and Nuclear Power
Vorschaubild nicht verfügbar
Volltext URI
Dokumententyp
Text/Conference Paper
Datum
2014
Zeitschriftentitel
ISSN der Zeitschrift
Bandtitel
Quelle
Proceedings of the 28th Conference on Environmental Informatics - Informatics for Environmental Protection, Sustainable Development and Risk Management
Environmental Protection and Health
Verlag
BIS-Verlag
Zusammenfassung
Growing public concerns about climate change and environmental health impacts related to energy
production have led to increased consideration of alternate sources. Nuclear power and
unconventional oil and shale gas development are among the options least favored by the public,
with pollutant releases resulting from routine operations as well as accidents being among the key
concerns. Advances in ICT approaches and the increasingly widespread accessibility of
information resources and tools have facilitated community-based initiatives and broader data
sharing that can directly contribute to more informed evaluations of energy options, toward more
sustainable programs from the local to the global scale.