Exam 11: Environmental and Energy Policy

Which level of government typically makes environmental policy?

What was found in a study of the costs and benefits of the Clean Air Act and its later amendments?

What is one of the most hotly contested natural resource policies?

Which interests often come into direct conflict with environmental interests?

Which statement describes the nature of the seven major environmental statutes enacted in the 1970s?

______ are two of the most frequently proposed policy options for future natural resource policies.

When was the "environmental decade" of federal legislation?

In the 1970s and early 1980s, the federal government passed a number of acts to control pollution. Which of the acts listed below was not one of these major acts?

How did the EPA demonstrate the danger of coal plants and justify its new rules?

Policy proposals to reduce carbon emissions would limit companies' allowed emissions. If a company chooses to exceed emission limits, it could purchase emission permits from other lower emitting companies. This market-incentive policy tool is called ______.

What have recent IPCC reports claimed about climate change?

What is the best definition of sustainable development?

With regard to climate change policy, many conflicts arise regarding how the various policy proposals affect different groups of citizens now and in future generations. This relates to ______.

The three primary areas of focus for environmental policy are described by which of the following statements?

President Clinton tried to achieve environmental policy goals through ______, an approach where in which government works closely with industry to develop and implement policy.

During what period in U.S. history did the conservation movement lay the ground work for modern environmental policy?

A ______ program is an emissions-control policy and market incentive that limits an industry's emission allowance and allows it to purchase emission permits from other lower emitting industries.

What is an environmental impact statement and what is it used to assess?

With regard to environmental policy formulation, in the 1970s, ______ was the norm in the United States, while ______ was the norm in the 1980s and 1990s.

A ______ is a policy that implements a higher tax on gasoline and other fossil fuels to curb their use.