Web Links

Marginal URLs:

• p. 823: Go to http://www.accf.org/publications.php?pubID=9 to see a review by the ACCF Center for Policy Research of possible economic effects of possible economic effects of efforts to reduce pollution.
• p. 824: Go to http://www.ncpa.org/~ncpa/pi/enviro/envpd/pdenv120.html to learn from the National Center for Policy Analysis about a market-oriented government program for reducing pollution.
• p. 829: Go to http://www.ncpa.org/pi/enviro/envdex4.html to contemplate the issue of endangered species via the National Center for Policy Analysis Web site.

• For a detailed discussion of the scope of China's pollution difficulties, go to http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/envronmt/2005/0704pollutionchina.htm.
• To read a World Bank assessment of the social costs of pollution in China, go to http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEAPREGTOPENVIRONMENT/Resources/China_Cost_of_Pollution.pdf.

Economic Analysis at the Environmental Protection Agency

In this chapter, you learned how to use economic analysis to think about environmental problems. Does the U.S. government use economic analysis? This application helps you learn the extent to which the government uses economics in its environmental policymaking.

Title: National Center for Environmental Economics (NCEE)

Navigation: Go to http://yosemite.epa.gov/ee/epa/eed.nsf/pages/homepage?Opendocument to visit the NCEE's home page. Click on Publications. Under "related publications", select Plain English. Click on "Environmental Protection: Is It Bad for the Economy? A Non-Technical Summary of the Literature," and view the table of contents. Read "What Do We Spend on Environmental Protection?"

Application: Read this section of the article; then answer the following questions.

1. According to the article, what are the key objectives of the EPA? What role does cost-benefit analysis appear to play in the EPA's efforts? Does the EPA appear to take other issues into account in its policymaking?

2. Back up to Table of Contents, and click on "Regardless of the Cost of Environmental Protection, Is It Still Money Well Spent?" In what ways does this discussion help clarify your answers in Question 1?