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