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/ The siting of facilities with undesirable environmental characteristics often leads to public conflict. Efforts to resolve the conflict and make siting decisions frequently exacerbate the problem. Environmental mediation, the process of negotiating an agreeable settlement, is an accepted approach to resolving conflict. This paper explores the use of incentive systems as a means of achieving equity in environmental mediation. Obnoxious and noxious characteristics of facilities are discussed as the basis of conflicts. Four types of incentives--mitigation, compensation, reward, and participation-are discussed. The paper concludes with a discussion of the utility and application of incentives for solving environmental conflicts.

This article discusses the results of 2 alternative approaches for estimating the energysavings impact of Department of Energy (DOE) conservation programs. The first approach analyzed program-by-program estimates that indicated DOEprograms reduced U. S. energy use by more than 0.5 quadrillion BTUs or about 86 million barrels of oil. The second approach was an econometric analysis of aggregate energy use data that produced an estimate of energy savings 10 times greater than the first approach, but with a strong price effect interaction. The limitations of both approaches preclude reaching unambiguous conclusions.Energy use trends during the past decade were dramatically different from those during the 1950s and 1960s. While energy use increased steadily at an average rate of 3.

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are due special thanks for their insightful consents c* earlier drafts of the paper. D. Patterson and F. Ownby conscientiously typed the sany rough drafts. The authors, of course, assu&es full responsibility for the contents of the paper.