Effectiveness of Plain Language in environmental policy documentation for the general public

Several government agencies have been calling for the improvement of the quality of environmental policy documents through the implementation of principles drawn from Plain Language guidelines. Many of the writers who have been tasked with implementing such principles have expressed ongoing doubts about the guidelines' effectiveness in making documents easier for the public to comprehend and trust. Our research seeks to discover whether implementing some specific Plain Language guidelines influences the comprehension and perceptions of readers of environmental policy documents.