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Assessments: We
work with individuals, organizations and diverse groups
to integrate environmental, technical, economic and
social considerations into assessments that bring
new insights into the costs, benefits, feasibility,
and desirability of alternative policy, regulatory
or personal decisions on all scales, from local to
global.
Key
elements of successful assesment at any level:
 Feedback
- Strategies are designed, assessment is conducted,
and evaluation confirms goals are reached or new
design is needed.- Integration
- Environmental, economic and equity concerns all
need to be considered to best understand paths to
harmony.
- Team
- Clients are collaborators and multiple views are
considered.
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| Services |
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Develop and implement assessment strategies tailored
to applications
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Design and conduct multistakeholder activities as
input for integrated assessments
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Manage complex integrated assessments
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Create conceptual and analytical frameworks for
conducting assessments
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Build and manage expert, multidisciplinary assessment
teams
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Direct and conduct the technical aspects of assessments
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Interpret the policy and other decision making implications
of assessments
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Communicate complex assessment results to diverse
audiences
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Experience |
Reassessing Air Quality in the Face of Climate Change -- Special assessment for Environmental Defense (2007)
Steps to Address Global Warming in Colorado -- Coordinated assessment conducted by analysts from environmental and research entities (2007)
Can we deal with the global warming crisis without sacrificing quality of life? -- invited analysis presented as lectures at Coastal Bend College (2007)
Social & Environmental Benefits of Sustainable Investments -- analysis presented at Solar 2006, University of Colorado, and City Club (2006)
Lead Author USAID-sponsored "Towards a Secure and Renewable Hydrogen Economy for Asia" Anchor Document for December 2004 conference, Manila, Philippines: see NREL Hydrogen Pulications.
Ammonia Contribution to Fine Particles - Policy Implications -- work done for Environmental Defense (2004-5)
Hazy Policies Degrading the Intermountain West -- work done for Environmental Defense (2004-6)
Environmental Defense. Mercury--A Local Concern, an International Issue. (2003) Available at Environmental Defense web site. This report was the basis for Out of Control and Close to Home.
Western Resource Advocates (formerly Land and Water Fund of the Rockies) and Environmental Defense. NOX--A Growing Air Quality Challenge in the West. (2003) White Paper and Presentation outlining the growing problems associated with growing NOX emissions in the West. Available at the Western Governors Association Website. Go to the first day of the agenda and find these under Paulette Middleton's presentation.
Colorado Department of Health and the Environment and Region 8 Environmental Protection Agency. Workshop Critical Review: Atmospheric Deposition of Mercury to Western Water Bodies (2003).
Environmental
Defense and Land and Water Fund of the Rockies.
The Path Forward: Senate
Bill 229. Report on Cleaner, Healthier Air for Colorado.
Middleton- principal author (2003) (Report available upon
request).
Land
and Water Fund of the Rockies and Environmental Defense.
A Closer Look at Mercury
in the West. Middleton (2002) Assessment of mercury
issues in the western US.
U.S.
Department of Justice.
Expert Witness on air pollution impacts associated with
major point sources.
Wilderness
Society.
Assessment of air quality impacts of oil and gas drilling
operations in the western US. Middleton (2002) Papers available
on request.
Environmental
Stress-Climate Change-Conflict Relationships.
“A Proposed Framework for Understanding Climate Change
and Conflict,” RAND PM-1328-EPA with Anny Wong and
Jonathan Kulick, sponsored by EPA, work in collaboration
with Stratus Consulting.
Environmental
Protection Agency Assessment Handbook for States and Tribes.
Clancy, N., P. Middleton and A. Auclair,(2001) How
to Measure the Effects of Acid Deposition: A Framework for
Ecological Assessments. EPA 430-R-01-005.
Department
of Energy. Visual Air Quality Assessment
Project (1990-2000): Developed and applied observation-based
modeling system for evaluation of impacts of emissions changes
on visibility throughout the U.S. Middleton, P. and N. Laulainen
(2000). "Examining the impacts of visibility and PM
strategies before implementation," Journal of the
Air and Waste Management Association., 50:
875-889.
U.S.
Western Governors' Association/Grand Canyon Visibility Transport
Commission Assessment of Scenarios. Western
governors came to consensus on options for managing air
pollution emissions that impair visibility in national parks
and wilderness areas. Middleton and associates managed,
conducted, and communicated the results of the assessment
which led to the final recommendations to EPA found at http://wrapair.org/WRAP/Reports/GCVTCFinal.PDF
China
State Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency.
Scientists from the US and China worked together
to establish the feasibility of using market mechanisms
to achieve SO2 emissions reductions in China (1999-2002).
As part of this effort, Middleton and Meng Fan completed
an assessment of “Using Science to Set Environmental
Goals and Understand Environmental Implications in China.”
(Paper available on request).
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