Misra company compiled the following financial information as of december 31, 2015 revenues retained earnings (1/1/15) equipment expenses cash dividends supplies accounts payable accounts receivable common stock $340,000 60,000 80,000 250,000 0.000 20,000 10,000 40,000 70,000 80,000 misra's stockholders' equity on december 31, 2015 isa.$250,000b.$140,000.c.$9d.$21

How should the environmental effects be dealt with when evaluating this project? the environmental effects should be ignored since the plant is legal without mitigation. the environmental effects should be treated as a sunk cost and therefore ignored. if the utility mitigates for the environmental effects, the project is not acceptable. however, before the company chooses to do the project without mitigation, it needs to make sure that any costs of "ill will" for not mitigating for the environmental effects have been considered in the original analysis. the environmental effects should be treated as a remote possibility and should only be considered at the time in which they actually occur. the environmental effects if not mitigated would result in additional cash flows. therefore, since the plant is legal without mitigation, there are no benefits to performing a "no mitigation" analysis.