Exam 24: Politics, environment, and Sustainability

In the midst of all the competing interests a student has,you might not be inclined to help with a campus environmental audit.Does the fact that the environment will likely have a significant impact on your future make any difference in your deliberations about working on an audit? Why or why not?

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The answer is highly subjective.Students,like everyone else,allocate their time according to necessities and interests.The environment is not likely to be high on the priorities list for most students,as the problems seem distant and uncertain.An examination of where the environment is on his/her priorities list,and why,would be a useful exercise.

Committing civilization to storing deadly radioactive wastes for up to 240,000 years is a failure of the ____.

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Violent conflicts are often in the news.Seldom do the environmental consequences of such conflicts make the news.As new weapons become more and more toxic,should the environmental consequences play a role in decision-making? Why or why not? The World Trade Center collapse had a devastating effect on the city of New York and its people.Does an event like this make a difference in your thinking? Why or why not?

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The answer is highly subjective.A useful approach would be to consider what remains on a battlefield,rendering the environment hazardous and/or toxic.The reality that people have to try to reconstruct their lives in such situations may provide insight into the problem.Except for the WTC,conflicts have been distant events for most U.S.citizens.If it was our environment we might be more interested in what remains.

Please use the figure above to answer the following question(s). -Individuals,corporations,and environmental organizations interact with each other and with the legislative,executive,and judicial branches of the U.S.government.Via what mechanism do small businesses and corporations interact with the legislative branch?

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Question 4

In conservation land trusts,property owners agree to protect their land from development or other harmful environmental activities,often in return for tax breaks on the land's value.

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Question 5

The opportunity to lobby elected representatives is an important right for everyone in a democracy.

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Motor vehicle drivers paying for the full cost of the harmful effects of fossil fuel use is the application of the ____.

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Question 7

How much money would be required,on an annual basis,for the world to meet basic social and health goals and to provide environmental security?

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Question 8

Which of the following is an important principle of inquiry and debate in science?

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Question 9

Applying the Environmental Justice Principle would mean no group of people would bear an unfair share of environmental pollution or degradation.

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Question 10

A lawsuit filed by a corporation or developer against citizens who publicly criticize a business for an activity is called a(n)____.

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Question 11

There are currently more than 500 multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs).

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Please use the figure above to answer the following question(s). -Individuals,corporations,and environmental organizations interact with each other and with the legislative,executive,and judicial branches of the U.S.government.Lobbyists typically interact directly with which branch of government?

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Question 13

The National Environmental Policy Act requires that ____.

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Question 14

Development of public policy follows a four-stage policy life cycle.Which of the following is the first of those stages?

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Question 15

Which environmental NGO worked with a German manufacturer to build a refrigerator that does not use the potent greenhouse gases called HFCs as coolants?

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Question 16

When did the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act give EPA power to manage all toxic wastes?

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Question 17

The Rio120 Earth Summit led to agreements that were nonbinding.

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Question 18

When did the Superfund law establish a fund for cleaning up hazardous waste dumps while holding polluters responsible?

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Question 19

According to Konrad von Moltke,"There isn't a government in the world that would have done anything for the environment if it weren't for the citizen groups."

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Exam 24: Politics, environment, and Sustainability

In the midst of all the competing interests a student has,you might not be inclined to help with a campus environmental audit.Does the fact that the environment will likely have a significant impact on your future make any difference in your deliberations about working on an audit? Why or why not?

Committing civilization to storing deadly radioactive wastes for up to 240,000 years is a failure of the ____.

In conservation land trusts,property owners agree to protect their land from development or other harmful environmental activities,often in return for tax breaks on the land's value.

The opportunity to lobby elected representatives is an important right for everyone in a democracy.

Motor vehicle drivers paying for the full cost of the harmful effects of fossil fuel use is the application of the ____.

How much money would be required,on an annual basis,for the world to meet basic social and health goals and to provide environmental security?

Which of the following is an important principle of inquiry and debate in science?

Applying the Environmental Justice Principle would mean no group of people would bear an unfair share of environmental pollution or degradation.

A lawsuit filed by a corporation or developer against citizens who publicly criticize a business for an activity is called a(n)____.

There are currently more than 500 multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs).

Please use the figure above to answer the following question(s). -Individuals,corporations,and environmental organizations interact with each other and with the legislative,executive,and judicial branches of the U.S.government.Lobbyists typically interact directly with which branch of government?

The National Environmental Policy Act requires that ____.

Development of public policy follows a four-stage policy life cycle.Which of the following is the first of those stages?

Which environmental NGO worked with a German manufacturer to build a refrigerator that does not use the potent greenhouse gases called HFCs as coolants?

When did the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act give EPA power to manage all toxic wastes?

The Rio120 Earth Summit led to agreements that were nonbinding.

When did the Superfund law establish a fund for cleaning up hazardous waste dumps while holding polluters responsible?

According to Konrad von Moltke,"There isn't a government in the world that would have done anything for the environment if it weren't for the citizen groups."

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