Key Concepts: Natural Resources, Environmental
Problems, Public Polices
Environmental Protection Agency—Global
Warming
Review the general background information outlined in the four sequential
topic areas ("climate," "emissions," "impacts," and "actions") on global warming.
- Explain why no nation is interested in taking the first and unilateral step
of cleaning up the air (Hint: consider public goods).
- Why are governments pressured to solve the global warming problem?
- Visit the Econergy International Corporation
(EIC). Click on "Our Services."
Explain how a market-based solution to controlling greenhouse gas emissions
is possible.
