1. You are an investigative reporter covering the issue of a trade-off between jobs and the environment.Your assignment is to write a 500-word column that provides:

a. a brief overview and description of the concept of a jobs versus environment trade-off;

b. an explanation of situations in which environmental protection has resulted in job losses;

c. a summary of the evidence for a jobs versus environment trade-off using national-level (macroeconomic) data (see discussion in the text in the chapter);

d. a conclusion that summarizes the jobs versus environment story and perhaps strays a bit into the political economy of who benefits from this persistent myth.