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Cost Benefit News covers legal, academic, and regulatory developments pertaining to the valuation of environmental amenities and disamenities, such as clean air, trees, parks, congestion, and noise. We apprise the reader about ways in which costs and benefits are measured, and the results of empirical studies. We hope that this information will allow public and private organizations to comprehend the risks and benefits of various actions, help disputants to resolve conflicts equitably and efficiently, and improve the quality of public policies. We will only discuss issues related to the empirical quantification of private and social costs and benefits and damages, and summarize information from daily newspapers, academic journals, legal publications, court decisions, professional newsletters commissioned studies, and on-line services. This newsletter is dedicated to the principle that all policies place values upon life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We believe that more information, explicit specification of assumptions, and rigorous analysis can help our society to better meet these ends. This site will increasingly serve, in conjunction with others, as a valuation database. We will include a wide range of studies, including non-environmental reports, because omission of a factor effectively values it at zero, and biases decisions. Heavy traffic has caused several site crashes. We are attempting to correct these problems. Apologies for any inconvenience.
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Diesel trains may go green - EPA grant could cut pollution from two Glendale-bound locomotives

By CostBenefit on Jan 21, 2011 | In General, Air, Energy, Health, New York City, Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Transportation, Oil/Gasoline/Benzene, Nitrogen/Nitrates, Particulates, Newspaper/Mag/TV/Media Story, Costs and Benefits, Free Report at Time of Entry

According to Joe Anuta at www.yournable.com : Glendale residents Abignew Marczak and his wife Barbara have complained about the pollution from trains in the neighborhood. Two antiquated diesel trains that belch out clouds of pollution as they hau… more »

Pay-as-you-drive insurance revs up

By CostBenefit on Jan 7, 2011 | In General, Air, Energy, Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, New York City, Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Transportation, Savings, Costs and Benefits, Free Report at Time of Entry

According to Jeremy Olshan writing in the December 28, 2010 New York Post: Car insurance could be sold by the mile under a plan the Bloomberg administration is floating to get more cars off the Big Apple's traffic-clogged streets. With "pay as yo… more »

Painting the City White: Over a Million Square Feet of White Roofs

By CostBenefit on Jan 1, 2011 | In General, Energy, New York City, Green Roofs, Savings, Research Institute NGO NonProfit, Costs and Benefits

According to Christine Black of WNYC radio: ... The CoolRoofs program painted its millionth square foot of white roof on top of a housing project in the Bronx [in October] .... CoolRoofs is one of several programs that is painting black roofs whit… more »

Bedbugs Bad for Business? Depends on the Business

By CostBenefit on Oct 9, 2010 | In U.S., New York City, Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Newspaper/Mag/TV/Media Story, Contamination Cost, Costs and Benefits, Invasive Species

According to Kate Murphy writing in the September 7, 2010 New York Times: Recent reports that bedbugs have infiltrated office buildings, movie theaters and stores in New York did not come as a surprise to Wes Tyler, general manager of the Chancellor H… more »

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