Across
- 1. a grant of cash or a public resource that is intended to encourage a particular activity or lower the price of a product
- 5. the value tat is not included in the price of a product or service
- 6. a method in which decision makers compare what will be sacrificed and gained by taking a specific action
- 7. efforts to influence an elected official into supporting a specific interest
- 8. manufactured materials and products that individual consumers and businesses buy
- 10. benefits provided to us by the natural environment
- 13. Environmental protection agency
- 14. A government body sets rules and threatens punishment for violations
- 15. the study of how resources are converted into products and services and of how those products and services are distributed and used
- 16. a situation in which a free economy, operating on its own, does not distribute resources fairly
- 17. taxes levied on companies that participate in activities or produce products that are harmful to the environment
- 18. the field of economics that recognizes the relationships between ecosystems and economic systems
- 19. the field of economics that links environmental and economic costs
Down
- 2. the work that someone or a company does for others as a form of business, such as home repairs
- 3. EIS
- 4. making unsubstantiated claims to trick consumers into thinking product or is environmentally friendly
- 9. a general plan and principle related to the interactions between humans and the environment
- 11. government determines the overall amount of pollution it will accept for a specific pollutant and issues permits that allow polluters to emit a certain fraction of that amount; permits can be bought/sold/traded among companies
- 12. a formal set of general plans and principles that guides problem solving and decision making in specific instances
- 15. a labeling system that tells consumers which brands are made with processes that do not harm the environment