Economic Costs

The Cheapness That Is Not: Thoughts on the BP Spill

Laura Penny | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laura Penny

Why did BP build a well it cannot fix? Because it was "cheaper" for them to do so.

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What is the Value of a Clean Future for the Gulf?

Erik Rothenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ursulaproject, Standards, Gulf Oil Spill, Social Risks, Healthy Gulf, Clean Energy, Environmental Risks, Externalities, True-Cost, Economic Risks, Economic Costs, Environmental Costs, True Cost, Social Costs, Environmental Clean-Up, Green News
Erik Rothenberg

According to estimates by the Flow Rate Technical Group, the team advising the government on the giant leak in the Gulf of Mexico, some 45-130 million...

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