What the final step of the environmental policy process?
100
1960s and 1970s
When were most major modern U.S. environmental policies enacted?
100
Ecolabeling
What are "Energy Star", "USDA", and "Fair Trade Certified" examples of?
100
A comparison between what is sacrificed and gained by a specific action.
What is a Cost-benefit analysis
100
Ecosystems
Where do economies get their resources and put their wastes?
200
Organizations
Businesses
Citizens
Who does the government interact with when making environmental policies?
200
It issues permits that allow companies to emit a percentage of the overall amount of a given pollutant.
What is a cap-and-trade system?
200
World Trade Organization (WTO)
What international organization issued a ruling that forced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to weaken its regulations requiring cleaner gasoline?
200
Drop price and supply
What will a producer do when demand for a product is low?
200
Harm to the environment can harm economies
True or False?
300
Identify the problem
What is the first step of the environmental policy process?
300
Judicial Branch
Which branch of the U.S. government is involved in interpreting environmental laws and hearing lawsuits regarding environmental issues?
300
World Bank
Who provides interest-free credit, low-interest loans, or grants to countries for projects that will improve their citizens' living standards?
300
Supply
What is the amount of a product offered for sale at a given price called?
300
Not sustainable
What is it called when Earth's resources are limited and economic growth is nonstop?
400
All 3 branches of government are involved in environmental policy.
True or false?
400
Command-and-control
What is a law that prohibits dumping wastes into the ocean and punishes people who dump wastes?
400
United Nations
What is headquartered in New York City, that has 190 member nations that work together to promote peace and help to solve economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems?
400
Subsidy
What is it called when a power company is given free land by the government to reduce the cost of providing wind-generated electricity to rural residents?
400
Green Taxes
What is it called when a company that generates pollution pays extra taxes based on the amount of pollution it produces?
500
Americans found themselves living amid dirtier air, dirtier water, and more waste and toxic chemicals.
What fact influenced the shift in environmental policy in the U.S. during the mid-to-late-1900s?
500
The amount of land and natural resources in the West were endless.
What is laws in the U.S. enacted from the 1780s to the late-1800s reflected the perception of?
500
Environmental Protection Agency
What major entity of the U.S. government has the chief responsibility for overseeing environmental regulations?
500
Non-market values
What are things we appreciate for beauty, that help define our culture, or that teach us about ourselves said to have?
500
Identify specific causes of the problem
What needs to be done before proposing a solution to an environmental problem?