Deck 13: The Limits of Environmental Policy

Question 1

EPA reports have concluded its regulatory priorities are often very different from its experts consider to be the largest risks.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Reflecting public opinion, Congress often focuses on problems that experts consider to be of relatively little importance.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Questions of value pose significant problems for risk assessment in a technocratic approach.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The 1990 Pollution Prevention Act employs a system of mandatory compliance with strict regulations and policies that must be observed.

Question 5

All pollution is human made.

Question 6

The "commodification" of the environment discourages the utilization of economic analysis.

Question 7

Economic Analysis is commonly used in Environmental Policy-making.

Question 8

Fixed regulatory standards may result in different compliance costs for different firms.

Question 9

The use of regulatory instruments alone, results in weak incentives to adhere for firms and high costs of enforcement for agencies.

Question 10

Emissions trading is a politically and ideologically attractive tool.

Question 11

The operation of an economic incentive system is more expensive than a regulatory system.

Question 12

There is no level of pollution that is risk-free for everyone

Question 13

The US EPA has yet to include environmental justice into their policies, programs and activities

Question 14

Which of the following interrelated issues is not considered in environmental policy analysis?

A) Politics
B) Ignorance
C) Public Opinion
D) Technology

Question 15

The disproportionate location of environmental hazards in minority and low income areas would be addressed by which of the following?

A) Technocratic Policy
B) Environmental Justice
C) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
D) Economic Analysis

Question 16

The simplest economic instrument regarding environmental regulation is

A) Liability Approaches
B) Deposit Refund Systems
C) A tax on pollution
D) Trading programs

Question 17

Which act requires certain classes of manufacturing companies and federal facilities to report annually on a wide range of toxic emissions?

A) Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
B) Clean Air Act
C) Regional Clean Air Incentives Market
D) Pollution Prevention Act of 1990

Question 18

The process by which firms may earn credits for achieving reductions in emissions greater than required and apply them elsewhere is referred to as

A) Technocratic Policy
B) RECLAIM
C) Emission banking
D) None of the above

Question 19

Which regulation set a factory-wide pollution limit for each business and let each business decide what equipment, what processes, and materials they will use to meet their emission limits?

A) Technocratic Policy
B) RECLAIM
C) Emission banking
D) None of the above