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Putting environmental economics in perspective: Case study of Four Corners Power Plant, New Mexico

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Environmental control costs can be made to appear much larger in impact than they actually are by placing costs in misleading contexts or failing to provide respective. It is essential for continued public support of environmental health programs that this practice be countered by more meaningful presentations of economic data. As an example, analytic methods appropriate to the case of a large coal-fired power plant in northwestern New Mexico are developed and discussed. Pollution control expenditures at the Four Corners Power Plant in northwestern New Mexico were presented to the public as costing $82 annually. Although this figure may be the correct one, data were collected and analyzed to show that this cost represented an increase of only 5 to 60 cents on a $100 electricity bill for the consumer of electricity.

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  • Bartlit, J.R., 1979. "Putting environmental economics in perspective: Case study of Four Corners Power Plant, New Mexico," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 69(11), pages 1160-1163.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.69.11.1160_3
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.69.11.1160
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