Across
- 2. The cost of a particular decision is weighed against its ___________
- 4. the type of economy where consumers decide what is made, how it is made, and how it is distributed
- 8. The type of relationship that usually exists between supply and demand
- 9. This President oversaw the start of the Environmental Protection Agency
- 11. The amount of a product or service offered at a given price
- 12. The amount of a product or service that consumers WILL pay for.
- 13. The name for a piece of legislation before it becomes a law
- 15. Government sets a limit on the maximum amount of a pollutant and if the total # of permit amounts does not exceed 100%, businesses may trade or purchase permits from other businesses.
- 16. This document is prepared by individuals or companies when conducting activities posing possible issues to the environment (give me the acronym)
- 17. As a response to chronic water quality problems, this law/act was pass in regards to pollutant discharges in 1977
- 18. Environmental ________ is the general plans & principles that address the interactions between humans and the environment.
- 19. The work done for others as a form of business.
- 20. Consists of 193 member nations, and assists other countries with developing and implementing monetary and environmental policies.
Down
- 1. Hears and makes judgments in regards to environmental laws. They usually center around 2 issues.
- 3. If enacted (and not vetoed by the legislative branch), the ___________ branch puts the legislation into action and enforces it.
- 5. The study of how resources are converted to goods and services, and how these are distributed and used
- 6. Manufactured Materials which are produced and sold to consumers
- 7. the type of economy we have here in the U.S.
- 10. the type of economy where the government decides what is made, how it is made, and who gets goods and services.
- 14. Additional taxes imposed on businesses or individuals engaging in harmful ecological practices.