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FIGURE 12.1 Environmental Debate Across the country, countless people have protested, even risking arrest,

against the Keystone XL Pipeline. (Credit: modification of "People Risk Arrest at State Department Office in Boston

Protesting Keystone XL Pipeline" by NoKXL/Flickr, CC BY 2.0)

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES

In this chapter, you will learn about:

• The Economics of Pollution

• Command-and-Control Regulation

• Market-Oriented Environmental Tools

• The Benefits and Costs of U.S. Environmental Laws

•

International Environmental Issues

• The Tradeoff between Economic Output and Environmental Protection

Introduction to Environmental Protection and Negative
Externalities

BRING IT HOME

Keystone XL
You might have heard about Keystone XL in the news. It was a pipeline system designed to bring oil from Canada to
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