Emissions pricing

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Name of the Law/Policy: Emissions pricing
Law/Policy Catagory: Economics/Ecology

Options:
1. No emissions pricing scheme exists.
2. There is a 'cap-and-trade' market-based emissions pricing system which applies only to businesses.
3. There is a 'cap-and-trade' market-based emissions pricing system which applies to both businesses and individuals.
4. An emissions tax is levied on businesses by the government.
5. An emissions tax is levied on both businesses and individuals by the government.

Effects:
1. No effect
2. Small increase in environmentalism, small increase in progressivism, small increase in gov't responsibilities, small increase in regulation
3. Small increase in environmentalism, small increase in progressivism, small increase in gov't responsibilities, small increase in regulation
4. Increase in environmentalism, small increase in progressivism, increase in gov't responsibilities, increase in regulation
5. Substantial increase in environmentalism, small increase in progressivism, substantial increase in gov't responsibilities, substantial increase in regulation