Plans for a $3.5 billion crude oil pipeline in 2014-17 from the Bakken formation of North Sakota and Canada to a transfer point near Chicago, linked to an existing pipeline to the major refining and export faculities on the US Gulf Coast, run into trouble when the developer, Energy Transfer Partners, encounters a "roadblock" on a section of federal land that is within a reservation of the Flat Ro

Technological and scientific innovation in recent years has opened many new lines of research and development in the field of cloning. Developments in agriculture and forestry have brought new approaches and methods in crop and forest production, and many more are predicted to emerge in the coming decade.

Technological and scientific innovation in recent years has opened up much research and development into renewable and alternative energies. Increasing pressure from environmental and governmental groups has led to the investigation of new and cleaner energy sources for the future.

On September 12, 1998, Christian Michelon, CEO of Pam Lyonnaise Jaya (PT Palyja), heard that his company was being sued by an association of “contractors” and a group of lawyers. His company obtained the concession of water treatment for the western part of Jakarta, the Indonesian capital.

The case examines a decision concerning whether or not to close a municipal landfill. Economic, ethical and environmental issues are relevant to the decision. The case includes a spreadsheet for students to use to calculate a break-even analysis.