Virginia Law Review via SSRN / by Jonathan S. Masur and Eric A. Posner http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1920441 [Abstract] Regulatory agencies take account of the potential unemployment effects of proposed regulations in an ad hoc, theoretically incorrect way. Current practice is to conduct feasibility analysis, under which the agency predicts the unemployment effects of a proposed regulation, and … Continue reading »
Posted on September 6, 2011 …
Waste Opportunities — Past and Future Climate Benefits from Better Municipal Waste Management in Europe
European Environment Agency http://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/big-potential-of-cutting-greenhouse [From Website] Using a life-cycle perspective, this report analyses the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from municipal solid waste management in the EU, plus Norway and Switzerland…Three different scenarios for 2020 illustrate that the potential for GHG savings largely depends on how countries implement EU waste policies, in particular whether they meet … Continue reading »
Measuring Regional Environmental Efficiency: A Directional Distance Function Approach
University of Thessally / by George Halkos and Nickolaos Tzeremes http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/32934/ [Abstract] This paper by applying a directional distance function approach measures the UK regions’ municipality waste performance. In addition the paper constructs conditional stochastic kernels trying to determine nonparametrically the association of regions’ GDP per capita levels with their calculated regional environmental efficiencies. There … Continue reading »
The Environmental, Social and Economic Assessment of the Fencing of the Aberdare Conservation Area
UN Environment Programme http://www.unep.org/PDF/PressReleases/Rhino_Ark_Main_Report.pdf [From Environmental Valuation and Cost Benefit News] [The report] attributes improved forest cover, safer living conditions for local communities and greater security for wildlife to the fence, which was completed in 2009 after 20 years of construction. Key findings in the report confirm: A 20.6% increase in forest cover between 2005 … Continue reading »
Influences on the Low Carbon Car Market from 2020–2030: Final Report
Element Energy for Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (UK) http://bit.ly/mXLdMq [Article in The Guardian by Alice Evans] Electric cars will not be able to compete with conventional cars on price until 2030, a report said on Tuesday. The total cost of ownership – the upfront price and running costs such as fuel and insurance – of … Continue reading »
Climate Risk Disclosure by Insurers: Evaluating Insurer Responses to the NAIC Climate Disclosure Survey
Ceres / by Sharlene Leurig http://www.ceres.org/resources/reports/naic-climate-disclosure/view [Website] This report documents this powerful industry’s sluggish and uneven response to the ever-increasing ripples from global climate change, which could undermine both its own financial viability and the stability of the larger global economy. With the world still reeling from the devastating impacts of an economic crisis triggered … Continue reading »
