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| 16095395217 | Provisioning | produce food, lumber, meds, | 0 | |
| 16095398751 | Regulating: | maintain H2O, air, soil quality, climate | 1 | |
| 16095401372 | Supporting | habitat, biodiversity | 2 | |
| 16095411977 | beauty, spiritual, recreation | cultural | 3 | |
| 16095415917 | Externality | is the effect of two separate parties interacting creating an output that effects (either negative or in no way) a third party | 4 | |
| 16095419593 | Anthropocentric: | only concerned about humans | 5 | |
| 16095424900 | Biocentric: | extending ethical concern to animals | 6 | |
| 16095445886 | Ecocentric | extending ethical concern to ecosystems | 7 | |
| 16095449241 | What factors are used to calculate GPI? | Desirable and undesirable economic activity and functions that provide better living situations for citizens. Measured values of goods and services minus environmental, social, and economic costs | 8 | |
| 16095453405 | All costs are internalized | no externalities. ex) fisherman and power plant diagram (power plant gives off air pollution, creates acid rain, fish die, fisherman loses money for business). Problem: market doesn't give true cost | 9 | |
| 16095456521 | infinite/ substitution | no substitute for clean water or other resources. Ex) England pre industrial revolution=wood; wood gets scarce, we substitute coal. Problem: no need to conserve | 10 | |
| 16095461084 | Discounting future costs/ benefits | a dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow. Problem: short term thinking | 11 | |
| 16095480541 | Economic growth must continue | more consumption leads to more people leads to more money. Problem: overconsumption | 12 | |
| 16095487549 | Provisioning | produce food, lumber, meds, textiles(resources) | 13 | |
| 16095509742 | What is GDP? | Stands for gross domestic product Measures the total monetary value of final goods and services the nation produces each year Poor measure for well being because it doesn't account for non-market values and it lumps together all economic activity | 14 | |
| 16095517481 | United Nations | environmental programme that promotes sustainable development | 15 | |
| 16095520250 | World bank | promotes sustainable development, provides low-interest loans to developing countries, mission is to end extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity | 16 | |
| 16095524626 | European Union | promotes free trade, protects public health, regulation | 17 | |
| 16095527549 | World Trade Organization | promote free trade | 18 | |
| 16095531400 | Non governmental organization | all-citizen group that promotes a cause ex) red cross | 19 | |
| 16097181172 | Why is Rachel Carson important? | She wrote a book called silent spring that provided the impetus for tighter control of pesticides (DDT) | 20 | |
| 16097216853 | What is the NEPA? | A US law enacted on January 1, 1970 that created an agency called the Council on Environmental Quality and required that an environmental impact statement be prepared for any major federal action National Environmental Policy Act | 21 | |
| 16097241668 | What is the role of administrative agencies? | Environmental protection agency Fish and wildlife Creates rules and regulations to make statutory laws goal happen Monitor and enforce Specify statutory laws | 22 | |
| 16097273129 | What is the command and control approach? | to command people or firms not to do something by enacting a law that makes it illegal and by delegating authorities to enforce such law through the imposition of fines or penalty to violators | 23 | |
| 16097275956 | What are the ways that we see public policy derailed? | Vested interests: using the best interests of the group's vs. public interest Lobbying: hiring firms to meet with government Campaign contributions: 1% of people pay large amounts of money for government campaigns Revolving door: circular motion of people who come from industry to government | 24 | |
| 16097280642 | Why is the Cuyahoga river important? | Third wave of US policy: 1950's to the 1990's protecting people from pollution | 25 | |
| 16097287131 | What is the EPA? | Environmental policy act An administrative agency charged with conducting and evaluating research, monitoring environmental quality, setting standards, enforcing those standards, assisting the states in meeting standards and goals for environmental protection, and educating the public | 26 | |
| 16097307097 | What are the various economic tools we can use to implement policy and how do they work? | Economic policy: letting free market fix itself Green taxes; tax harmful substances/activities. ex) carbon tax Subsidy: government give away. ex) HOV lane with hybrid- solo driver/ tax break Marketable emissions permits/ cap and trade | 27 |
