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What is the first step of the environmenal policy process?
Gain access to influential people
Identify the problem
Get organized
Envision a solution and set goals
2
What is not one of the four harmful economic assumptions?
Economic growth is continual
Resources are unlimited
Cost and benefits effect the environment
Short-term costs and benefits should be emphasized
3
What is a green tax?
an extra charge on companies who that aren't Ecolabeling
a tax on companies that produce harmful products
Doubles the interest based on what they sell
a tax put on companies who violate environmental laws
4
What is the World Trade Organization (WTO)
A group of nations in which they organize World Trading
Group of nations that rule/govern international trade
A world government system
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The last step of the environmental policy process is guide the solution to law
True
False
6
Who can give low-interest loans to contries for improving citizens' lives
World Bank
European Union
United Nations
World Trade Organization
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Attempting to influence an elected official to support something is called
International treaties
Lobbying
Protesting
Policy
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A subsidy is the giving away of money or resources to lower prices or encourage an activity
False
True
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What is supply?
The number of consumers who want it
The amount of something available
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What happened during the first period of U.S. Environmental Policy?
Laws dealt with the public lands of western expansion
Formation of the national forest system
population growth led to increased resource consumption
Policy reflected the connection of human and environmental health
11
Which is NOT an example of ecolabelling?
ISBN
USDA Organic
Fair Trade Certified
Energy Star
12
What is the process where the government issues pollution permits and companies may sell or trade them called?
Local incentives
Green taxes
Cap-and-trade
Command and control
13
The Environmental Protection Agency is a government agency that has responsibity for environmental regulations
True
False
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What is Cost Benefit Analysis
comparing the costs with the benefits of that action
motivates a person to take a particular course of action
an economy where the government is in control
the study of the workings of the economy as a whole
15
Where is the United Nations headquartered?
Paris
New York
Beijing
London
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When taxes are imposed on companies that produce products harmful to the environment it is called
Local incentives
Command and control
Cap-and-trade
Green taxes
17
Environmental economics applies Earth's systems to economics
False
True
18
Where do economies untimately get resources?
factories
ecosystems
SPACE
cities
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Because Earth's resources are limited, economic growth can continue
False
True
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What is demand?
The number of consumers who want it
The amount of something available
