| A | B |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| EIS | Environmental Impact Statement |
| Majoritarian Politics | Helps all, make all pay |
| Entrepreneurial Politics | Helps all, make few pay |
| Kyoto Protocol | To lower Greenhouse gases by 30% by 2018 |
| Endangered Species Act | Prevents buying/selling of endangered species |
| Clean Air Act | Requires reduction of 10 million tons of sulfur dioxide |
| Clean Water Act | Prevents dumping of wastewater in bodies of water |
| DDT | Poisonous pesticide now banned |
| Silent Spring | An influential book warning about the effects of pesticide |