Exam 15: Saving the Environment

How would the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Accord impact climate justice?

According to conflict theory, capitalist profits are sustained through the exploitation of natural resources.

Which state has passed an initiative to promote environmental justice by allocating funds generated from its cap and trade system for use in disadvantaged communities?

Which action demonstrates a sociological approach to solving a social problem?

Sociologist Robert Bullard found that governments and private companies generally ______ when making decisions about how to distribute pollutants.

Someone who evaluates the danger of a situation, such as environmental problems, based on their own individual lens is engaging with ______.

Thomas Robert Malthus's prediction was ______, causing resource ______.

Which of these would be considered a better environmental practice for a consumer?

Toxic waste is an example of a negative externality.

When a sociologist focuses on the role of ideology and knowledge when understanding environmental conditions, the research is using which type of analysis?

Researchers use the term "climate debt" to quantify the amount developed countries owe to developing countries for using them as toxic dumping grounds.

The environmental justice movement has made very little impact on government policies in spite of a growing membership.

Sociologists consider environmental problems to be first and foremost ______ problem(s).

Land grabbing, mega-mining, and biodiversity and conservation conflicts are all examples of environmental injustice incidents that are currently happening around the world.

An oil company proposes an underground pipeline that would run through Native American land that is located near a river that is the reservation's main source of water. It will bring in big profits for the company, even though there is a risk that the pipeline could break. How would this signify environmental racism?

Which of these is an example of inverted quarantines?

Research shows that the disagreement about climate change's existence and threat is largely driven by ______.

According to environmental historian Bill Cronon, people tend to view nature as pristine, pure, and untouched by humans. Cronon noted this is a product of America's ______.

Over 80 percent of ______ believe global warming is happening and are worried about it.

Sustainable development meets the needs of the present but does not look to the future.