Category: Legal, Fines

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Requests Rehearing of Smart Grid Proposal - Company cites need for expeditious review by July 30 to preserve $200 million federal stimulus grant

By CostBenefit on Jul 14, 2010 | In General, Energy, Legal, Fines, Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Regulatory Analysis, Costs and Benefits, Press Release (May be biased), VA,WV,MD,DE

On July 12, 2010 Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) announced it has filed an application for a rehearing of its amended smart grid proposal with the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC). BGE’s proposal, which last October was selected by the U… more »

Nature Editorial: A full accounting - The BP spill should help make the case for bringing ecosystem services into the economy.

By CostBenefit on Jun 28, 2010 | In General, Water, Energy, Land + Water, Legal, Fines, Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Oil/Gasoline/Benzene, Natural Resource Damages, Newspaper/Mag/TV/Media Story, Ecosystem Valuation, Regulatory Analysis, Costs and Benefits, Opinion (Not Likely Ours EV&CBN)

Nature www.nature.com editiorial June 24, 2010: On 14 June, BP promised to put US$20 billion into an escrow account to pay for damage caused by the 22 April sinking of its Deepwater Horizon drilling platform off the coast of Louisiana.... The benefici… more »

Kansas City, Mo., to Spend $2.5 Billion to Cut Sewer Overflows

By CostBenefit on Jun 9, 2010 | In Water, Land + Water, Legal, Fines, Government Report, Floods, Green Roofs, Midwest, Regulatory Analysis, Contamination Cost, Costs and Benefits, Wastewater, Free Report at Time of Entry

May 18, 2010) - The City of Kansas City, Mo., has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer systems, at a cost estimated to exceed $2.5 billion over 25 years, to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage and to reduce pollution le… more »

Lost Ecosystem Goods and Services as a Measure of Marine Oil Pollution Damages

By CostBenefit on Jun 3, 2010 | In Water, Land + Water, Legal, Fines, U.S., Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Academic Study/Journal Article, Oil/Gasoline/Benzene, Ecosystem Valuation, Regulatory Analysis, Contamination Cost, Research Institute NGO NonProfit, Free Report at Time of Entry

Abstract: The paper addresses the definition and measurement of liability for marine oil pollution accidents. The economic value of lost or injured ecosystem goods and services is argued to be the most legally, economically, and ecologically defensible m… more »

Evaluation Reports for the Hudson River dredging project

By CostBenefit on Jun 3, 2010 | In Water, Land + Water, Legal, Fines, Government Report, Upstate, Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, PCBs, Regulatory Analysis, Contamination Cost, Costs and Benefits

On March 8, 2010, EPA and General Electric Company (GE) released the final version of their respective Phase 1 Evaluation Reports for the Hudson River dredging project. The Phase 1 Evaluation Reports replaced draft versions of the reports exchanged in mi… more »
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