Archive for the ‘externalities’ Tag

How Manatees Got Into Hot Water   Leave a comment

Link: https://www.npr.org/2022/04/08/1091736131/how-manatees-got-into-hot-water

Back in the 1970’s, manatees were close to extinction because of ruined habitats and speedboats. Over time power companies started to notice that groups of manatees were congregating around their power plants due to the warm water they produce. This episode of Planet Money discusses the unlikely partnership between environmentalists and power companies to conserve the manatee and how they make that possible. Conservation policies needed to adapt the idea that to save the manatees, the power plants also need to be saved. The warm water keeps the manatees alive but what happens when we move to more renewable energy resources? Pat Rose, a conservationist known as the “manatee man”, joins the show to explain what is going on in the manatee world today and what the future looks like.

Original Air Date: April 8, 2022

Length: 24 minutes 2 seconds

Money Trees   Leave a comment

money treesLink: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/11/13/455941812/episode-663-money-trees

Summary: The Planet Money team investigates ‘carbon offsetting’ and the good it does for the environment as well as the pros and cons that accompany it.

Original Air Date: November 16, 2015

Length: 17 minutes 52 seconds

Will Economic Growth Destroy the Planet?   2 comments

image of environmental accounting for pollutionLink: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/10/25/141701559/the-tuesday-podcast-will-economic-growth-destroy-the-planet

Summary: A discussion of the question whether the environment can sustain continuous economic growth, and the impact of economic growth on the environment.

Original Air Date: October 25, 2011

Length: 21:51

Main story content begins: 3:22

Lighthouses, Autopsies and the Federal Budget   3 comments

lighthouseLink: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/02/14/146889446/the-tuesday-podcast-lighthouses-autopsies-and-the-federal-budget

Summary: Discussion  with Charlie Wheelan, author of Naked Economics, of the role of government in provision of public goods and the definition of public goods.

Original Air Date: February 14, 2012

Length 21:49

Main story content begins: 2:16

Posted June 27, 2012 by audioecon in Government, Public goods

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Tallying up the Pelican Bill   2 comments

oil coated pelicanLink: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2010/07/30/128880374/the-friday-podcast-tallying-up-the-pelican-bill

Summary: A discussion of efforts to put a price on the impact of the Gulf Oil Spill by considering the value of a pelican.

Original Air Date: July 30, 2010

Length: 22:29

Main story content beings: 2:30