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- September 1993 (Revised October 1993)
- Teaching Note
Acid Rain: The Southern Company (A) and (B) TN
Teaching Note for (9-792-060) and (9-793-040). View Details
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Acid Rain: The Southern Company (A) and (B) TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 794-043, September 1993. (Revised October 1993.)
- December 1993
- Case
Arvin-Edison Water Storage District
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Arvin-Edison Water Storage District." Harvard Business School Case 594-078, December 1993.
- 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
Hawkins, David F., and Namrata Arora. "Accounting for Catastrophes: BP PLC and Union Carbide Corporation (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-075, February 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
- 19 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature
has long been following and chronicling the rising superpower's complicated relationship with Mother Nature. His new case study, China's Environmental Challenge, tells of a great nation at a critical crossroad: moving toward leading the world's markets but already... View Details
- August 1979 (Revised March 1984)
- Case
Environmental Protection Agency: Emergency Pesticide Exemptions
By: David E. Bell
Bell, David E. "Environmental Protection Agency: Emergency Pesticide Exemptions." Harvard Business School Case 180-018, August 1979. (Revised March 1984.)
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Research Brief: Weatherproofing Renewables
Tamayo explains. But fossil fuels obviously come with well-known costs, in the form of air pollution and negative effects to human health, and they don’t fit with the picture of a carbon-neutral future. Colombia’s example shows that... View Details
- 1984
- Other Unpublished Work
Legitimizing Risk Management for Toxic Chemicals
By: Dutch Leonard and Richard Zeckhauser
- 21 Apr 2014
- News
When you see an opportunity, follow what you believe in
Scott Smith (MBA 1991), CEO of Cellect Technologies, talks about how entrepreneurs see opportunities and follow through on their beliefs. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
information about a company he or she manages. The student must make decisions about pollution-reducing investments and production levels in the face of uncertainty about pollution permit prices. Students form groups of five, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- June 1993
- Teaching Note
New Jersey Solid Waste Crisis, Teaching Note
- November 1991 (Revised November 1992)
- Case
New Jersey Solid Waste Crisis
Emmons, Willis M., III. "New Jersey Solid Waste Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 792-003, November 1991. (Revised November 1992.)
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
The Sparkles in Our Skies
yet been able to do to address them. Other lab-grown diamonds can pollute the environment in two main ways, Hagemann explains. All diamonds are made of carbon, and creating one in a reactor requires electricity. A few producers rely on... View Details
- 28 Apr 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
Sweden’s Northvolt Electric Battery Maker: A Startup with a Mission
- 19 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways
across the country. HBS visited Tata Power’s Trombay Power Station on a sunny Mumbai day. Despite the temperate weather, visibility was quite low due to significant air pollution – an AQI of over 200 – which reflects PM 2.5 levels well... View Details
- August 1984
- Case
Work of a Regulatory Agency: The EPA and Toxic Substances (Condensed)
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Work of a Regulatory Agency: The EPA and Toxic Substances (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 385-063, August 1984.
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: The Fish-Farming Fix
together a transportable lab that’s immune to the elements. “Weather conditions, power outages—they don’t matter to us anymore,” Kozachenok says. What does matter is advancing aquaculture, an enterprise that, when carried out poorly, can lead to serious coastal View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Short Takes
only the costs for capital, labor, and traded goods but also social costs like the effect of air pollution on health or even the value people derive from the continued survival of an endangered species. At the same time, managers are... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- Portrait Project
Tomiwa Igun
electricity supply in Nigeria. Boundless opportunities exist if businesses can be unshackled from exorbitant costs of self-generated electricity. Imagine Nigeria — electrified. All of West Africa — powered. No more missed championship games. No more air View Details
- Profile
Fred Smith
of the world's fastest growing economies. "On the one hand, China is really booming," Fred says. "But at the same time, you see the consequences of hypergrowth. The infrastructure hasn't caught up; it's highly polluted and... View Details
- 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
Aldy, Joseph E., Forest Reinhardt, and Robert N. Stavins. "Methane Abatement Costs in the Oil and Gas Industry: Survey and Synthesis." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 33564, March 2025.