Publications

February 1984 (Revised March 1984)
Teaching Note

Environmental Protection Agency: Emergency Pesticide Exemptions, Teaching Note

By: David E. Bell

Keywords: Law; Pollutants

14 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors

and interpreting data about industrial environment performance because it brings together information about companies' environmental management, provided voluntarily by managers in real time, with companies' pollution data from the U.S.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing; Chemical

28 Apr 2023
Cold Call Podcast

Sweden’s Northvolt Electric Battery Maker: A Startup with a Mission

Keywords: Re: George Serafeim; Battery; Auto; Electronics; Energy

February 2011 (Revised September 2011)
Supplement

Accounting for Catastrophes: BP PLC and Union Carbide Corporation (C)

By: David F. Hawkins and Namrata Arora

An analyst in 2010 is using the Bhopal catastrophe to illustrate proposed new accounting for contingency losses. View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Natural Disasters; Pollutants

19 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature

Despite its name, the Great Wall of China began as a series of smaller, isolated defensive fortifications. Those structures grew and were later unified into the imposing structure that exists today. The Great Wall is a great metaphor for the Chinese economy. By... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Manufacturing

June 1993
Teaching Note

New Jersey Solid Waste Crisis, Teaching Note

By: Willis M. Emmons III

Keywords: Wastes and Waste Processing; New Jersey

1984
Other Unpublished Work

Legitimizing Risk Management for Toxic Chemicals

By: Dutch Leonard and Richard Zeckhauser

Keywords: Risk Management; Chemicals; Pollutants; Chemical Industry

June 2011
Article

The BP Oil Spill as a Cultural Anomaly?: Institutional Context, Conflict, and Change

By: Andrew J. Hoffman and P. Devereaux Jennings

This article argues that the BP Oil Spill is, potentially, a “cultural anomaly” for institutional changes in environmental management and fossil fuel production. The problem as defined by the spill’s context, the potential solutions provided by the competing logics in... View Details

Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Environmental Management; Pollutants; Energy Industry

August 1979 (Revised March 1984)
Case

Environmental Protection Agency: Emergency Pesticide Exemptions

By: David E. Bell

Keywords: Pollutants; Chemicals; United States

November 1991 (Revised November 1992)
Case

New Jersey Solid Waste Crisis

By: Willis M. Emmons III

Keywords: Wastes and Waste Processing; Crisis Management; New Jersey

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership

most credible voice to refute these claims. CEOs powerfully voicing the need for climate actions would provide a much-needed counterweight to special interests that have not been shy about ensuring the status quo, which allows carbon emitters to avoid bearing the cost... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Energy; Utilities

August 1984
Case

Work of a Regulatory Agency: The EPA and Toxic Substances (Condensed)

By: Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Pollutants; Public Administration Industry

1982
Other Unpublished Work

Financing the Cleanup of Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites

By: Dutch Leonard, Henry Lee and Susan Bender

Keywords: Pollutants; Environmental Sustainability; Finance

September 2012
Background Note

Carbon Credits

By: Forest Reinhardt, Jost Hamschmidt and Mikell Hyman

Keywords: Carbon; Waste Management; Carbon Credits; Emission Reduction; Europe; Japan; Wastes and Waste Processing; Renewable Energy; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Europe; Japan

Educators

2025
Working Paper

Methane Abatement Costs in the Oil and Gas Industry: Survey and Synthesis

By: Joseph E. Aldy, Forest Reinhardt and Robert N. Stavins

There is growing recognition of the relative importance of anthropogenic emissions of methane as a contributor to global climate change. An important source of such emissions in some countries, including the United States, is the oil and gas (O&G) sector. This points... View Details

Keywords: Emission Reduction; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Pollutants; Energy Industry

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March 2020
Case

A Tower for the People: 425 Park Avenue

By: John Macomber, Joseph G. Allen and Emily Jones

Healthy buildings and superior air quality are increasingly important since people now spend so much time indoors. Indoor spaces drive performance and productivity. Commercial real estate landlords and investors are responding to the demands of sophisticated tenants... View Details

Keywords: Health And Wellness; Real Estate; Sustainability; Health; Pollution; Buildings and Facilities; Performance Productivity; Finance; Real Estate Industry; New York (city, NY)

Educators

February 2011 (Revised August 2011)
Supplement

Accounting for Catastrophes: BP PLC and Union Carbide Corporation (B)

By: David F. Hawkins and Aldo Sesia

The BP Mexican Gulf Oil spill requires BP to recognize or at least disclose investor-relevant information. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Disclosure; Accounting; Natural Disasters; Pollutants; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Mining Industry; North America

2022
Case

Marathon Petroleum and Southwest Detroit: The Intersection of Community and Environment

By: Andrew J. Hoffman

Environmental racism describes the unequal burden of environmental hazards placed on disadvantaged communities through systems, policies, and practices. In such a situation, these people disproportionately live close to sources of toxic waste-what are referred to as... View Details

Keywords: Environmental Regulation; Pollutants; Pollution; Equality and Inequality; Social Issues; Poverty; Race; Health Disorders; Ethics

Article

From Blood Diamonds to Dirty Gold: How to Buy Gold Less Tainted by Mercury

By: Kristin Sippl

This is a quick and easy news article on the link between poverty, mercury pollution, and gold mining. It explains the problems in the jewelry industry as well as public and civil society attempts to address them. View Details

Keywords: Mining; Pollutants; Poverty; Social Issues