1. The effects of future climate change will vary in different parts of the United States. The EPA has assembled a report for each state in the country, accessible through their web site.
   
   Summarize the potential impacts of global climate change on your state. Do you think state-level policies should be taken to reduce carbon emissions? What is the major problem with state-level policies? What do you think is the most appropriate level (state, region, nation, global) for responding to global climate change? Why?
   
   
2. Read through Section II (Climate Economics: Some Key Conclusions) of the 2001 report titled "Economic Analysis and the Formulation of US Climate Policy," by Michael Toman, available on the Weathervane web site.
   
   Summarize the nine conclusions presented in the section. Which one of the nine conclusions do you think is the most important? Why? Which one of the conclusions do you think would be the most difficult to implement? Why?