Implications of Squeaky Wheels: Environmental Justice in Oil and Gas Regulatory Compliance

• In Event: The Politics of Local Responses to Environmental Problems

Brief Overview

We study oil and gas regulation in Pennsylvania, examining the associations between well violations, citizen complaints, and the types of neighbors living nearby. Our analysis is motivated by a theoretical model of procedural environmental injustice.

Authors

• Richard DiSalvo, Princeton University

• Elaine Hill, University of Rochester

• Lujia Zhang, Analysis Group