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11 Cards in this Set
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Pollution
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release of substances into the environment that inconvenience or endanger humans
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Industrial Activity
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harms human health and disturbs natural ecology
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Environmental Kuznets Curve
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Ideas Shape Attitudes Toward the Environment
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*Dualism
*Progress *Capitalism *Utilitarianism |
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Dominant approach to industrial pollution control in the US
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passing laws that strictly regulate:
*Emissions *Effluents *Waste Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
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Hazardous air pollutants (air toxics)
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Arsenic
Benzene Chromium Radionuclides Methyl Chloride |
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Greenhouse Gases
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Atmospheric gases that absorb energy radiated from the Earth, preventing it from being released into space
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Acid Rain
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Sulfur Dioxide
Nitrogen Oxides |
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National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
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requires each industrial facility to get a permit specifying the volume of one or more substances it can pour into a water body
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
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Firms must label, handle, store, treat, and discard hazardous waste under strict guidelines, keeping meticulous records
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
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"Superfund"
- named after the large trust fund it set up to pay for cleanups Clean up abandoned toxic waste sites |
