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Improving Transboundary Air Quality with
Binational Emission Reduction Credit Trading
As is clear in Table 6, neither occupation nor city of residence
seemed to affect who is viewed as an obstacle. Regardless, government
is blamed while the private sector is viewed as relatively innocent.
There is one difference: Managers are less likely to blame
government inefficiency but more likely to profess ignorance of the
exact cause. The respondents who had the largest concerns about the
willingness of the private sector to cooperate in reducing pollution
were in Ciudad Juárez. This is interesting. Of the cities surveyed,
Ciudad Juárez has the most developed environmental movement.
This movement may have generated awareness among the private
sector, thereby drawing attention to the need for greater cooperation.
Table 6. Response to Questions Depending
on Respondent’s Position in the Firm and
Geographical Region (Percent)
How do you compare the environmental requirements of state and
local governments to that of the federal government?
Position/City Similar
Less
Restrictive
More
Reestrictive
88
Not
Compatible
Don’t
Know
There are
No State
Laws
Manager 50.00 14.29 0.00 7.14 28.57 0.00
Environmental
Officer
72.48 15.94 7.25 1.45 2.90 0.00
Engineer 66.67 16.67 12.50 4.17 0.00 0.00
Other 60.00 16.92 13.85 0.00 9.23 0.00
Ciudad Juárez 66.25 15.00 10.00 1.25 7.50 0.00
Reynosa 55.93 20.34 8.47 8.47 3.39 3.39
Matamoros 70.00 11.67 10.00 1.67 6.67 0.00