Some affect it directly or indirectly through other industrial and human activity. Each use has its supporters and constituencies, sometimes with overlapping interests but often competing. We are placing a priority on public outreach activities and on working effectively with all these groups to achieve our goals. As noted before, I believe generating public interest and support is critical to our success. These other avenues include bringing the diverse groups and constituencies together during development of the CCMP so that all may develop real ownership in the final product.
Compromise is difficult, and agreement on all points is more rare still.
However, the stakeholder and public participation process provides the opportunity for identification of common ground and overlapping interests. Public support proceeds from identification of common ground and development of ownership in the final product. Common ground can indeed be found between industries and environmentalists. The NEP process recognizes that achieving environmental improvement is very much a community effort involving both individual and corporate citizens. Multiply the one household by a hundred, and you may approach the emission capability of some industrial activities.