Look at the administrations environmental record. What environmental priorities does the President's Administration have?
What collectively consumed goods are protected by the administration's policies and priorities (and how)?
Which externalities in production are addressed by current policies and priorities in the administration (and how)?
Go to http://www.epa.gov/docs/airmarkets. This is the web site for the Environmental Protection Agencies' emissions trading program. Look in "trading overview/market trends."
What are emissions allowances (who gets them, where do they get them, who uses them and what are they used for)?
What options do firms have besides using emissions allowances?
What has happened to emissions allowance prices over the past 6-12 months?
Use the supply and demand model to show what could have happened (to supply or demand) in an emissions allowance market to cause the price change.
Go to http://www.epa.gov/. This is the web site for the Environmental Protection Agency.
Search the EPA, by zip code, for your zip code/county. Look at the EPS profile of your county. How does the EPS rate environmental quality in your county in each of the 5 areas (air, drinking water, surface water, hazardous waste, toxic chemical releases)?
Based on the EPA profile, to what extent and where(if anywhere) and do you think resources are needed for environmental improvement in your area?
