Category: Legal, Fines

New York City UrbanGreen Code Panel Suggests 100 Ways Buildings Can Be Greener

By CostBenefit on Feb 13, 2010 | In General, Air, Water, Health, Green Buildings, Legal, Fines, New York City, Regulatory Analysis, Savings, Research Institute NGO NonProfit, Costs and Benefits, Multimedia -- Audio and/or Video, Free Report at Time of Entry | Send feedback »

On February 1st, the NYC Green Codes Task Force released a report which it claims is "the most sophisticated and comprehensive analysis of building codes ever conducted by a municipality anywhere". Convened at the request of Mayor Bloomberg and Council S… more »

Aviva, Zurich May Face New Asbestos ‘Spiral’ in U.K.

By CostBenefit on Feb 9, 2010 | In Air, Contaminated Properties, Legal, Fines, U.S., U.K., Europe, Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Asbestos, Newspaper/Mag/TV/Media Story, Contamination Cost | Send feedback »

... Ernie Terry, 72, was diagnosed with pleural plaques six years ago, nearly 40 years after he left a job as an engineer on board cargo ships with machinery cased in asbestos. While the condition is typically symptomless, as many as one in 10 sufferers… more »

Largest Environmental Bankruptcy in U.S. History Will Result in Payment of $1.79 Billion Towards Environmental Cleanup & Restoration: Largest Recovery of Money for Hazardous Waste Clean Up Ever

By CostBenefit on Jan 18, 2010 | In Land + Water, Contaminated Properties, Legal, Fines, Government Report, U.S., Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Contamination Cost, Press Release (May be biased) | Send feedback »

As a result of the largest environmental bankruptcy in U.S. history, $1.79 billion has been paid to fund environmental cleanup and restoration under a bankruptcy reorganization of American Smelting and Refining Company LLC (ASARCO), the Justice Departmen… more »

U.S. EPA Releases Annual Enforcement Results and Mapping Tool

By CostBenefit on Jan 13, 2010 | In General, Air, Land, Water, Legal, Fines, Government Report, Computer Software/Database, Contamination Cost | Send feedback »

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released enforcement results for fiscal year 2009, and has developed a new Web-based tool and interactive map that allows the public to get detailed information by location about the enforcement actions… more »

Discontinuous Behavioral Responses to Recycling Laws and Plastic Water Bottle Deposits

By CostBenefit on Jan 12, 2010 | In Legal, Fines, U.S., Academic Study/Journal Article, Waste & Recycling, Regulatory Analysis, Research Institute NGO NonProfit, Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics, Costs and Benefits, Socio-Political-Cognitive-Economics | Send feedback »

This article examines the effects of recycling and deposit laws on consumer recycling of plastic water bottles using a nationally representative sample of 2,550 bottled water users. Economic theory predicts individual behavior that gravitates toward extr… more »
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