EnviSci Chapter 2

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Across
  1. 5. Provides interest-free credits, low interest loans or grants to poor nations for projects that will improve their citizens' living standards
  2. 9. Values not usually included in the price of goods or services
  3. 13. A formal set of general plans and principles for addressing problems and guiding decision making
  4. 16. Field that applies principles of Earth's systems to economics
  5. 20. Field that agrees that economies are unstable if resource use is not made more efficient
  6. 22. The historical period in which the US citizens found themselves better off economically, but living in more pollution
  7. 24. The amount of product people will buy at a given price if free to do so
  8. 25. The federal holiday founded by Senator Nelson to support a healthier environment
  9. 27. Taxes imposed on companies that participate in activities or produce products that are harmful to the environment
  10. 28. The amount of a product offered for sale at a given price
  11. 29. Tells consumers which brands are made with processes that do not harm the environment
  12. 30. President Nixon signed this act to keep the government accountable in how its actions affected the environment
Down
  1. 1. When markets do not reflect the full costs and benefits of actions
  2. 2. Consists of 27 member nations; Formed with the goal to promote Europe's economic & social progress
  3. 3. Organization founded to promote peace and to help solve economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems
  4. 4. General plans and principles that address interactions between humans and the environment
  5. 6. Established to promote free trade and enforce fair trade;Has authority to impose financial penalties on nations that don't comply with its directives
  6. 7. Branch of government where new laws are proposed
  7. 8. Branch of government that interprets laws
  8. 10. The type of economy in which individuals decide what is made, how its made, and how much is made
  9. 11. Branch of government where new laws are approved or vetoed by the president
  10. 12. The historical period in which population rose and many natural resources were overused, so laws aimed to reduce some of the environmental problems
  11. 14. The historical period in which the US enacted laws that dealt primarily with the management of public lands; accompanied westward expansion of the nation
  12. 15. The study of how resources are converted into goods & services and how they are distributed
  13. 17. Includes efforts to influence an elected official into supporting a specific interest
  14. 18. The type of economy where the government decides what is made, how its made, and who gets what
  15. 19. A giveaway of cash or public resources that is intended to encourage a particular activity or lower the price of a product
  16. 21. The type of economy in which both the government and individuals play roles in making economic decisions
  17. 23. Comparison of what they will sacrifice and gain by a particular action
  18. 26. Regulation of water quality, air pollution, and solid waste are overseen by this agency