Consider the following environmental issues. For each of them, describe someone who benefits from environmental protection, and

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Consider the following environmental issues. For each of them, describe someone who benefits from environmental protection, and someone who would bear costs from environmental protection. Describe those benefits and costs.
(a) Reducing water pollution from livestock production.
(b) Protecting endangered species whose habitat is affected by human settlements.
(c) Harvesting fish from a lake so much that the fish population might die out.
(d) Extracting coal by stripping away the soil and forests overlying it, leading to disturbed landscapes and water pollution.
(e) Using up the world's supply of petroleum.
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The Economics Of The Environment

ISBN: 9780321321664

1st Edition

Authors: Peter Berck, Gloria Helfand

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