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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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Germany Extends Nuclear Plants’ Life

By CostBenefit on Oct 13, 2010 | In Energy, Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Europe, Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Nuclear, Regulatory Analysis, Savings, Contingent Valuation, Surveys,.., Costs and Benefits, Free Report at Time of Entry, Socio-Political-Cognitive-Economics

According to Judy Dempsey writing in the September 6, 2010 New York Times: The German government has decided to extend the life spans of the country’s 17 nuclear plants while alternative energy sources are developed, a move that is also likely to crea… more »

Reid Calls on GAO to Consider Alternative Uses for Yucca Mountain Project Site

By CostBenefit on Mar 22, 2010 | In Energy, Government Report, Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Waste & Recycling, West, Nuclear, Regulatory Analysis, Contamination Cost, Costs and Benefits, Free Report at Time of Entry

On February 2, 2010 Nevada Senator Harry Reid today sent a letter to Gene Dodaro, the Comptroller General of the United States, regarding potential future uses of the Yucca Mountain project site and related facilities. In the letter, Reid asks that the… more »

Exelon warns of possible Oyster Creek plant shutdown

By CostBenefit on Mar 18, 2010 | In Water, Energy, Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Economic Development and Green Jobs, Nuclear, New Jersey, Newspaper/Mag/TV/Media Story, Costs and Benefits

Chicago’s Exelon said New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection proposed a draft permit in January for Oyster Creek that calls for the installation of cooling towers, which the agency called “the best technology available for minimizing adverse e… more »

Measuring the social value of nuclear energy using contingent valuation methodology

By CostBenefit on Jan 18, 2010 | In Energy, Asia, Academic Study/Journal Article, Nuclear, Regulatory Analysis, Contingent Valuation, Surveys,.., Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics, Costs and Benefits, Socio-Political-Cognitive-Economics

Abstract: As one of the promising energy sources for the next few decades, nuclear energy receives more attention than before as environmental issues become more important and the supply of fossil fuels becomes unstable. One of the reasons for this atten… more »

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