Energy and Environment Program

Environment and Economics Forum

Tackling the Critical Conundrum: How Do Business, Government and Media Balance Economic Growth and a Healthy Environment? (complete PDF)

Former EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman and former Undersecretary of State Frank Loy co-chaired a Forum in Aspen on balancing economic growth and a healthy environment.   This report includes their conclusions and discussion papers exploring the tradeoffs from the perspectives of business leaders, elected officials , investment firms, journalists, and economists.  The book is available online free of charge, or may be purchased for $12.

A Healthy Environment and Economic Growth: Tradeoffs or Synergies?, , Frank Loy and Christine Todd Whitman

Todays Healthy Air Choice: Addressing Key Elements of the Approach to Air Quality, , Carol Browner and Gary S. Guzy

Clean Water for Posterity and Prosperity, , Mark Van Putten

Environmental Protection and Economic Prosperity: Not a Zero-Sum Game, , Christine Todd Whitman

Environmental Protection and Economic Well-Being: How Does (and How Should) Government Balance These Two Important Values?, , Robert Stavins

The Challenge of Meeting Economic and Environmental Goals Simultaneously: An Investors Perspective, , Barbara Krumsiek

How a Corporate CEO Views the Environment and the Economy, , James E. Rogers

Forests and Trees: Journalism and Coverage of the Environment, , Peter C. Goldmark, Jr.