Browse by project title (client name in parentheses)

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ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE & OIL DRILLING (THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY)

Technical Report & Executive Summary: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Economics of Potential Development (Perry & Alkire, 2018)

ATLANTIC COAST PIPELINE (FRIENDS OF NELSON COUNTY, FRIENDS OF BUCKINGHAM VIRGINIA, YOGAVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, AUGUSTA COUNTY ALLIANCE, AND HIGHLANDERS FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT) 

Citizen Input Analysis: Citizen Input Regarding the Proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline Analysis of Scoping Comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Bottorff & Philips, 2016)
Comment Letter: Scope of Analysis, Establishment of Alternatives, and Total Economic Cost of Pipeline Development, re: FERC DOCKET NO.: PF15-6-000 (Phillips, 2015)
Technical Report: Economic Costs of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline: Effects on Property Value, Ecosystem Services, and Economic Development in Western and Central Virginia (Phillips, Bottorff & Wang, 2016)
     Augusta County Summary 
     Buckingham County Summary 
     Highland County Summary 
     Nelson County Summary 

ATLANTIC SUNRISE PIPELINE (THE SIERRA CLUB)

Technical Report: Atlantic Sunrise Project: FERC's Approval Based on an Incomplete Picture of Economic Impacts (Phillips, Wang & Alkire, 2017) 

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Boundary waters economics (northeastern minnesotans for wilderness)

Citizen Input Analysis: Full results from the review of comments on the proposed withdrawal of lands from mineral leasing in the Boundary Waters (Wang & Phillips, 2018)
Comment Letter: to the USDA Forest Service regarding the proposed withdrawal of land from the federal mineral program (Phillips, 2018)
New York Times Magazine article, "In Northern Minnesota, Two Economies Square Off: Mining vs. Wilderness" (October 12, 2017)
      Our review of the Times' article (Phillips, 2017)
Review and Critique: A Review of “The economic impact of ferrous and non-ferrous mining on the State of Minnesota and the Arrowhead Region" (Hjerpe & Phillips, 2013)
Technical Report: Sulfide-Ore Copper Mining and/or A Sustainable Boundary Waters Economy: The Need to Consider Real Tradeoffs (Phillips & Alkire, 2017)

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Cleaning up the chesapeake BAY (Chesapeake Bay Foundation)

Journal Article: Ecosystem Service Benefits of a Cleaner Chesapeake Bay (Phillips &McGee, 2016)
Presentation: Economic Benefits of the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint (Chesapeake Bay Foundation & Key-Log Economics, 2015)
Technical Report: Economic Benefits of Cleaning Up the Chesapeake: A Valuation of the Natural Benefits Gained by Implementing the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint (Phillips & McGee, 2014)

CO-BENEFITS OF METHANE EMISSION REDUCTION (MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT, VIETNAM)

Summary of findings [English] detailing additional benefits accrued from methane reductions 
Tóm tắt kết quả [Summary of Findings in Vietnamese]
Sự báo cáo [Full report in Vietnamese] (Đỗ Nam Thắng & Phạm Văn Lợi, 2013)

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Delaware Estuary (DELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK)

Technical Report: Economic Value of Dissolved Oxygen Restoration in the Delaware Estuary (Alkire, Silldorff, Wang, 2020)
Press Release from the Delaware Riverkeeper Network

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Eastern system upgrade (Delaware riverkeeper network)

Citizen Input Analysis: Citizen Input Regarding the Proposed Eastern System Upgrade Project: Analysis of Comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Wang, 2017)
Comment Letter: Economics of the Eastern System Upgrade: Credible and Complete Estimates of Benefits and Costs Needed (Phillips & Wang, 2016)
​Technical Report: Economic Costs of the Eastern System Upgrade: Effects on Property Value, the Social Cost of Carbon, and Public Health in New York (Phillips, Wang & Alkire, 2017)

ecosystem services (not place or Project Specific)

Technical Report: Payments for Ecosystem Services: Cases from the experience of U.S. communities (Bottorff, 2014)
Technical Report: A User's Guide to Ecosystem Services: Moving from Understanding to Action (Phillips, 2013)

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Lake erie ecosystem Services (Lucas county, City of toledo, city of oregon)

Technical Report: Lake Erie Ecosystem Services Assessment: Economic Benefits from Phosphorous Reductions (Wang, Alkire, Perry, & Phillips, 2019)

​LAUREL HIGHLANDS: RETURN ON ENVIRONMENT in Western Pennsylvania (MOUNTAIN WATERSHED ASSOCIATION)

Project in progress, more to come.
​Fact Sheet on the Laurel Highlands Region

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MENDota trail (mOUNTAIN HERITAGE, INC.)

Impact Study: The Mendota Trail: Potential Economic Impacts to Local Communities (Alkire, Cozzens, & Rostock, 2018) 
Contributions Study: The Mendota Trail: Potential Economic Contributions to Local Communities (Alkire, Cozzens, & Rostock, 2018)

MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE (PROTECT OUR WATER, HERITAGE, RIGHTS)

Comment Letter: to FERC regarding their failure to address external costs in MVP's Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Phillips, 2016)
Review and Critique & Press Release: Reason for Caution: Mountain Valley Pipeline Economic Studies Overestimate Benefits, Downplay Costs​ ​(Phillips, 2015)
Technical Report & Press Release: Economics Costs of the Mountain Valley Pipeline: Effects on Property Value, Ecosystem Services, and Economic Development in Virginia and West Virginia (Phillips, Wang & Bottorff, 2016)
      Craig, VA Summary 
     Franklin, VA Summary 
     ​Giles, VA Summary 
     Montgomery, VA Summary
     Roanoke, VA Summary
     Greenbrier, WV Summary
     Monroe, WV Summary 
     Summers, WV Summary

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national monuments Protection: Citizen Input Analysis (The wilderness society)

Technical Report & Press Release: Public Support for Public Lands: Analysis of Comments Regarding Review and Potential Loss of Protection for America’s National Monuments (Wang & Phillips, 2017)
     Analysis of Comments Mentioning 15 Threatened Monuments
Civicist news article, "How the Crowd Could Help Keep Zinke Accountable" (August 7, 2017)
Outside Outline Magazine article, "New Study: Leave Our National Monuments Alone"( August 23, 2017)

National Petroleum reserve- Alaska (The Wilderness Society)

Comment Letter: on draft regional mitigation strategy and draft technical companion for the northeastern National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (Phillips, 2016)

Natural Gas Extraction and Transmission in Maryland (Maryland Environmental Health Network)

Technical Report: Economic Costs of Unconventional Natural Gas Drilling and Transmission in Maryland: Concepts, Preliminary Estimates, and Policy Implications (Phillips & Wang, 2016)

Natural Gas Pipeline Pipeline Certification policy (delaware riverkeeper network et al.)

Comment Letter: on economic issues related to FERC's policy regarding the certification of interstate natural gas pipelines (FERC Docket No. PL18-1-000) (Phillips, 2018)

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Payments for Ecosystem Services (not place or project specific)

Technical Report: Payments for Ecosystem Services: Cases from the experience of U.S. communities (Bottorff, 2014)

PENN EAST PIPELINE (DELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK)

Citizen Input Analysis: Citizen Input Regarding the Proposed PennEast Pipeline: Analysis of Comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Bottorff & Phillips, 2017)
Comment Letter: to FERC regarding their failure to address external costs in PennEast's Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Phillips, 2016)
Technical Report: Economic Costs of the PennEast Pipeline: Effects on Ecosystem Services, Property Value, and the Social Cost of Carbon in Pennsylvania and New Jersey (Phillips, Wang & Bottorff, 2017)

Pisgah-Nantahala region of Western North Carolina (The Wilderness Society)

Technical Report:  Ecosystem Services in the Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest Region: Concepts, Estimation, and Application to National Forest Planning (Phillips, 2015)

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Roanoke river basin Ecosystem Services (National fish and wildlife Foundation)

Presentation: Dan River Basin Workshop Slides (Phillips & Perry, 2018)
Presentation: Lower Roanoke River Basin Workshop Slides (Phillips & Perry, 2018)
Guest Presentations (March 2019)
Project Narrative: Ecosystem Services in the Roanoke River Basin (Phillips & Perry, 2018)
Working Draft: Roanoke River Basin Ecosystem Service Value Assessment (Phillips & Perry, 2018)
​Final Technical Report: Valuing Natural Assets in the Roanoke River Basin 

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Wetland Forests of the U.S. South (Dogwood Alliance)

Technical Report: Ecosystem Services and Southern Wetland Forests: Baseline Value and Future Prospects (Phillips, Stoner, Schmidt, & Davis, 2017)

Wildland/wilderness Economics (Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute)

Journal Article:​ A Synthesis of the Economic Values of Wilderness (Holmes, Bowker, Englin, Hjerpe, Loomis, Phillips,& Richardson, 2016) 
Technical Report: Wilderness Areas and the Flow of Surface-Water-Based Ecosystem Services: Model Approach and Value Estimates for Two Case Studies (Voigt, Phillips & Wang, 2018)

Wood Pellet manufacturing (Dogwood alliance)

Technical Report: Wood Pellet Manufacturing: Risks for the Economy of the US South (Phillips, 2015)