• 1. Environmental Policy in Transition 2. Quid Pro Quo and the Birth of Project XL 3. Conflicting Goals 4. Complicating Factors 5. Drafting the 3M Proposal 6. Gaining EPA Support for the Agreement 7. Trying to Overcome Deadlock: The Practical Impediments 8. Intel, Merck, and Weyerhaeuser: Three XL Projects that Gained Approval 9. Comparing the Approved Projects with 3M's Proposal 10. Roadblocks to Cooperative Solutions 11. Creating a Platform for Experiments Appendix A: The Comparable Actions Test Appendix B: Next Steps at 3M-Hutchinson Appendix C: A More Unambiguous Definition of Superior Environmental Performance? References Acknowledgements Index About the Authors

"The authors do employ an impressive array of methodologies to analyze and interpret Sondheim's oeuvre." -- Judith Sebesta, University of Arizona

• 1. Environmental Policy in Transition 2. Quid Pro Quo and the Birth of Project XL 3. Conflicting Goals 4. Complicating Factors 5. Drafting the 3M Proposal 6. Gaining EPA Support for the Agreement 7. Trying to Overcome Deadlock: The Practical Impediments 8. Intel, Merck, and Weyerhaeuser: Three XL Projects that Gained Approval 9. Comparing the Approved Projects with 3M's Proposal 10. Roadblocks to Cooperative Solutions 11. Creating a Platform for Experiments Appendix A: The Comparable Actions Test Appendix B: Next Steps at 3M-Hutchinson Appendix C: A More Unambiguous Definition of Superior Environmental Performance? References Acknowledgements Index About the Authors

"The authors do employ an impressive array of methodologies to analyze and interpret Sondheim's oeuvre." -- Judith Sebesta, University of Arizona

• 1. Environmental Policy in Transition 2. Quid Pro Quo and the Birth of Project XL 3. Conflicting Goals 4. Complicating Factors 5. Drafting the 3M Proposal 6. Gaining EPA Support for the Agreement 7. Trying to Overcome Deadlock: The Practical Impediments 8. Intel, Merck, and Weyerhaeuser: Three XL Projects that Gained Approval 9. Comparing the Approved Projects with 3M's Proposal 10. Roadblocks to Cooperative Solutions 11. Creating a Platform for Experiments Appendix A: The Comparable Actions Test Appendix B: Next Steps at 3M-Hutchinson Appendix C: A More Unambiguous Definition of Superior Environmental Performance? References Acknowledgements Index About the Authors

"The authors do employ an impressive array of methodologies to analyze and interpret Sondheim's oeuvre." -- Judith Sebesta, University of Arizona