We shouldn't kid ourselves into thinking that combatting climate change will be cost-free in environmental terms. We're undoubtedly going to be faced with some really difficult choices about individual projects. There are things we can do, however, to make those hard choices less frequent.

6. Notice that different levels of government and branches of government are involved in different types of environmental decisions. Give an example of how local, state, and federal governments can work together to achieve any of the goals listed in questions 1-5 above. You can draw on examples of cooperative federalism that we studied in class and suggest modifications to those structures.