Exam 16: Extension 2: Focus on: Environmental Policy

Regulations are not always effective, but without any regulations, the cost of producing certain chemicals, for example, is borne by the workers who suffer diseases, ailments, or death; these are called __________.

Governmental action to combat global warming is curtailed by __________.

Nonpoint sources-discharges that do not come from a specific pipe-accounted for as much as __________ percent of all water pollution.

Scientists first warned about the possibility of global warming in __________.

The Department of Energy was created by which President?

What does the EPA do?

Rachel Carson wrote __________, the book that probably spurred the modern environmental movement.

Explain the differences between the bubble concept and cap-and-trade. What is an advantage and a disadvantage of each to industry?

The Obama administration moves toward fighting global warming by supporting which resource?

During the EPA's first years, several environmental protection laws were passed that include the __________.

The cap-and-trade policy ___________.

Moving to renewable resources and reducing greenhouse gases while creating jobs is called the __________.

Supporters of deregulation seeking a middle ground believe that government should __________.

A great deal of environmental activism occurs among __________.

To preserve some of the natural environment from farmers, ranchers, and loggers, conservationists lobbied for a __________.

Scientists predict that the natural habitat of polar bears will be mostly gone by __________.

The major cause of global warming is the release of __________ into the atmosphere.

When the economy is poor, __________.

The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion resulted in the public __________.

Climate scientists have been concerned about the effects of greenhouse gases on the sustainability of the planet for more than __________.