Improving Technology Diffusion for Environmental Protection: Report andRecommendations of the Technology Innovation and Economics Committee

摘要

The Technology Innovation and Economics (TIE) Committee, a standing committee ofEPA's National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT), has concluded that the environmental regulatory system could expand environmental progress and improve economic competitiveness if processes that diffuse environmentally beneficial technologies are used to effectively complement regulations. In the report, the Committee analyzes several critical policy issues affecting EPA's essential diffusion roles and makes five major policy recommendations, including: making technology diffusion a major supporting mission for EPA; building a stronger partnership with technology diffusion providers and users; making diffusion and incentives the emphasis of EPA's pollution prevention programs; expanding support for the international diffusion of environmental technologies to help meet U.S. environmental and competitiveness objectives; increasing the support of diffusion provided by EPA's environmental technology research programs.