http://www.northeastern.edu/matthiasruth Northeastern University Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:17:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.northeastern.edu/matthiasruth/environmental-economics-reframe-pipeline-debate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=environmental-economics-reframe-pipeline-debate http://www.northeastern.edu/matthiasruth/environmental-economics-reframe-pipeline-debate/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:47:47 +0000 admin http://www.northeastern.edu/matthiasruth/?p=197
A 750-mile pipeline across Canada cuts through First Nation lands and pris­tine envi­ron­ments to bring oil-rich tar sands to a new ter­minal on the Pacific Ocean. The com­pany behind the project, the Cal­gary, Alberta-based Enbridge Inc., argues that the pipeline will create thou­sands of jobs and an influx of cash from the Asian com­pa­nies that will buy and process the tar sands.

But the eco­nomic analysis pre­sented to the Cana­dian gov­ern­ment does not account for the pipeline’s envi­ron­mental impact, including the poten­tial for a spill, said Matthias Ruth, a North­eastern pro­fessor with dual appoint­ments in the Col­lege of Engi­neering and the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. Read More Continue reading →]]> http://www.northeastern.edu/matthiasruth/environmental-economics-reframe-pipeline-debate/feed/ 0 http://www.northeastern.edu/matthiasruth/an-economics-approach-to-sustainability/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-economics-approach-to-sustainability http://www.northeastern.edu/matthiasruth/an-economics-approach-to-sustainability/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:43:24 +0000 admin http://www.northeastern.edu/matthiasruth/?p=192 Continue reading →]]> http://www.northeastern.edu/matthiasruth/an-economics-approach-to-sustainability/feed/ 0