The shale-gas boom won’t do much for climate change. But it will make us richer.
October 31, 2013
The shale-gas boom won’t do much for climate change. But it will make us richer..
Gas Drilling Awareness for Cortland County
July 15, 2013
Lansing Middle School Auditorium, 6 Ludlowville Road Lansing, New York 14882.
The Public Hearing will be on Monday, July 29th at 7pm (following an informational session which starts at 6). The hearing will be held at the Lansing Middle School Auditorium, 6 Ludlowville Road Lansing, New York 14882.
It is still crucial that everybody writes public comments. We have been told that the PSC carefully reviews them and will take them very seriously (unlike the DEC who recently “lost” 200,000 fracking related comments!)
To learn more about the repowering proposal before you write your comments or speak at the hearing, Come to an informational session about the proposalThis Thursday, July 18th at 7 PM in the Unitarian Church of Ithaca. This informational session will be followed by a Q&A session, and delicious refreshments will be provided! Help us promote this event by attending on Facebook and inviting your friends: https://www.facebook.com/events/542653555801212/
October 10, 2011
AEAweb Journal Articles Display.
Environmental Accounting for Pollution in the United States Economy
Nicholas Z. Muller, Robert Mendelsohn and William Nordhaus
American Economic Review, 101(5): 1649–75. |
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DOI:10.1257/aer.101.5.1649 | |
Abstract | |
This study presents a framework to include environmental externalities into a system of national accounts. The paper estimates the air pollution damages for each industry in the United States. An integrated-assessment model quantifies the marginal damages of air pollution emissions for the US which are multiplied times the quantity of emissions by industry to compute gross damages. Solid waste combustion, sewage treatment, stone quarrying, marinas, and oil and coal-fired power plants have air pollution damages larger than their value added. The largest industrial contributor to external costs is coal-fired electric generation, whose damages range from 0.8 to 5.6 times value added. (JEL E01, L94, Q53, Q56) |
May 31, 2011