Center for Environmental Economic Studies and Research

The Center for Environmental Economic Studies and Research was founded in the fall of 1990 and is based in the economics department. Its primary objective is to promote, coordinate and conduct environmental economics research and complementary activities on the UNT campus. To accomplish this mission, the center focuses on two main areas: research and education.

The center investigates economic solutions to environmental problems and then disseminates the research results. Developing efficient solutions to environmental problems includes a careful analysis of the costs and benefits of all proposed actions. The center has conducted studies on water use and pricing, landfill and recycling costs, and biodiversity.

It has worked for the General Land Office of Texas, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. President's Council on Environmental Quality. In addition, environmental economists have been invited to lecture to faculty and students.

BY MICHAEL NIESWIADOMY, DIRECTOR mike@econ.unt.edu

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  Other featured articles in this issue:

• Future UNT-Dallas campus chosen as site of Olympic Village for Dallas 2012 proposal
• Staff to address graduates during Aug. 12 ceremony
• Scholarship available for Leadership Texas
• Parking permit deadlines approach; new payment plan implemented
• Librarian teaches art of old-fashioned bookbinding
• UNT names interim director for women's studies program
• Sidewalk work nears end
• Job hirers show bias against regional accents, study suggests
• Hawley studies sacred clothing of Amish, Mormons

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