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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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Rocky Mountain Institute Launches Online Resource for Deep Retrofits in Commercial Buildings - RetroFit Depot helps building owners, managers and service providers cost-effectively undertake deep energy efficiency retrofits

By CostBenefit on Jan 26, 2011 | In General, Energy, Green Buildings, U.S., Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Real Estate Construction Housing, Academic Study/Journal Article, Colorado, Computer Software/Database/Model, Savings, Costs and Benefits

On January 24, 2011 Rocky Mountain Institute launched the RetroFit Depot, an online resource for commercial building owners and service providers to discover the business case, best practices and software tools for successful commercial building deep re… more »

Solar Firms Frustrated by Permits

By CostBenefit on Jan 20, 2011 | In General, Energy, U.S., Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, California, Colorado, Newspaper/Mag/TV/Media Story, Regulatory Analysis, Savings, Costs and Benefits, Free Report at Time of Entry, Socio-Political-Cognitive-Economics

According to Tom Zeller Jr. writing in the January 19, 2011 New York Times: Ken Button, the president of Verengo Solar Plus, a residential solar panel installer in Orange, Calif., says his company — and his industry — are being strangled by munici… more »

Insect infestation and residential property values: A hedonic analysis of the mountain pine beetle epidemic

By CostBenefit on Jul 14, 2010 | In Academic Study/Journal Article, Preservation & Open Space, Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Colorado, Hedonic Analysis, Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics, Costs and Benefits, Invasive Species

Abstract: In recent years mountain pine beetles (MPB), Dendroctonus ponderosae, along with several other bark beetle species, have severely damaged coniferous forests in the western United States (U.S.) and Canada (Morris and Walls, 2009). Colorado provi… more »

Plans for Colorado's new-energy economy get tangled in "green tape"

By CostBenefit on Jun 28, 2010 | In General, Energy, U.S., Economic Development and Green Jobs, Colorado, Newspaper/Mag/TV/Media Story, Regulatory Analysis, Costs and Benefits, Free Report at Time of Entry, Socio-Political-Cognitive-Economics

According to Jason Blevins writing in the June 27, 2010 Denver Post: More than 50 locals are erupting — emotions are high as they pepper their county commissioners with questions and concerns about a proposed nearby uranium mill that not only would fu… more »

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