Chapter 5

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A rule or guideline that directs individual, organizational, or social behavior

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Policy

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Agreements with foreign countries

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Treaties

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Specific rules based on more broadly written statutory law passed by congress

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Regulations

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Special legal instructions, drafted by the president, for use by government agencies

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Executive order

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Early environmental laws that gave the federal government the right to manage western lands

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General land ordinances

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Responsible for U.S. Water quality, air pollution and solid waste management

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Environmental Protection Agency

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Environmental policy aims to

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Promote fairness among people and groups in the use of resources

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The primary role of the United Nations is to

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Cooperate in solving international economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems

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Legislation passed by congress

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Statutory law

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Enforcement and elaboration of U.S. statutory law is given to

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Administrative agencies

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Environmental impact statement is required

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for any federal action that may affect U.S. Environmental quality

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Major source of funds for global economic development

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World bank

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If gas rises to $5, conservation will increase, alternative fuels will develop, and energy efficiency and our quality of life will improve. This view is consistent with________________ economics

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Environmental

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If gas prices rise to $5 per gallon, growth will slow significantly and our quality of life will decline. This is consistent with ____________ economics

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Neoclassical

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Social changes in the U.S. 20th century gave rise to environmental laws concerned primarily with

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reducing pollution caused by industry

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Environmental damage from industry or land development has traditionally been labeled as __________ by economists

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External costs

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First national park

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Yellowstone

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Rachel Carson’s book “Silent Spring”

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Focused on pollutants, including industrial chemicals

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National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

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Required environmental impact statements for any projects funded by the U.S. Government

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To control pollution, industry have been giving limits and been threatened with punishment if these limits are violated. This approach is called

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Command and control

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Sewage found in Tijuana river was

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A transboundary problem

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The principle that “internal costs” , which are the costs and benefits borne by the buyer and seller, represent economics of all transactions is a principle of

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Neoclassical economics

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Internal environmental policies arise from

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International conventions or treaties

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The UNEP

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Is the environmental arm of the United Nations

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Juanita and Sam

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Talking to a local environmental group about solutions

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The entire environmental policy process

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Includes more steps than the average citizen is able to accomplish alone

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The world bank was established to

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Fund economic development for all countries

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Critics of world trade organization

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Complain that it frequently worsens environmental problems

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Lobbying, legal action and campaign funding are means of

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Public sector

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Norman Myers pointed out that government subsidies are often

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Supporting activities and businesses that are environmentally harmful

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Cap and trade is a system that

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Permits industries industries that pollute under federal cap

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The supply and demand graph tells us

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Non-market value of ecosystem service drops

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A distinguishing feature of ecological economics is the concept of

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Steady state economics

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Robert Constanza and his colleagues have shown

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Value of ecosystem services is more than $45 trillion in 2011

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Rising per capita consumption of goods and rising population growth lead to

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Steady-state economics