BIOL 2650

Extra Credit 1: 10 points

Fall 2007

Go back to Chapter 2 and read the section on Approaches to Environmental Policy. This is important information that effects all of us, and you should understand what these terms mean, and how they apply to our environmental problems. You can find controversies in the news almost every day regarding the application of these tools to environmental issues.  DUE OCT 15

For each of the following, explain what it is and give an example of how it is used in environmental policy.

1. command and control

2. subsidies

3. green taxes

4. tradable pollution permits (also called marketable emission permits)

5. eco-labeling