Exam 61: Legal and Ethical Issues in Environmental Protection and Consumer Rights

Gabe owns Hazard Landfill, a toxic waste dump that must be cleaned up. Ethical questions arise, with respect to the clean up, because

Global warming can raise sea levels, which threatens coastal property. Carbon dioxide can contribute to global warming. Massachusetts filed a suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to compel it to regulate carbon dioxide, which is emitted from motor vehicles. According to the United States Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. EPA, the state

Reducing emissions from motor vehicles can make them more expensive to buy and maintain. Among the emissions is carbon dioxide, which can contribute to global warming. According to the United States Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with respect to carbon dioxide, the Clean Air Act

Credit Compilers, Inc. (CCI), a credit-reporting agency, sells data about consumers to merchants and others. Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, CCI must

Mongo Ltd., a resource processor and refiner, generates waste that is discharged into the air and water, contaminating the environment, which includes foreign countries. It has been shown that the quickest, most effective, and most efficient way to reduce pollution is most likely

Cold Calls Corporation a telemarketing firm, files a suit to block the enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) amendment to the Telemarketing Sales Rule establishing a national "do not call" list, on the ground that it violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The court is most likely to hold that