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Solar energy, energy efficiency, and climate stabilization |
A shift to more sustainable practices related to energy and climate would mean emphasizing ________ . |
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Problem recognition, policy formation, policy implementation, and policy adjustment |
According to social scientists, what are the four consecutive stages of the public policy life cycle in a democracy? |
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Industrial Solid Waste |
is produced by mines, farms, and industries that supply people with goods and services. |
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Environmental Audit |
When student groups gather information about campus activities that affect the environment, they are making a(n |
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House of representatives and the senate |
Most environmental bills are evaluated by as many as 10 committees in the |
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
About 5% of all hazardous waste produced in the United States is regulated under the |
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Produce less, convert as much as possible to less-hazardous materials, and put the rest in long-term storage |
What are the three priority levels for dealing with hazardous waste? |
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Ecoindustrial Parks |
Are collaborations between nearby industries, farms, and homes to save money and reduce outputs of waste and pollution. |
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Any pollutants that could have adverse effects on human health |
In the U.S., the EPA has established maximum contaminant levels for ________ in drinking water |
faulty nutrition |
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Plastics |
Currently, only about 7% by weight of all ________ wastes in the United States is recycled. |
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Water temperatures rise |
The ability of the oceans to absorb CO2 decreases as |
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The contaminant is in the porous layers of the aquifer |
Removal of contaminants from groundwater is difficult and costly because |
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Women |
About 97% of microloans in impoverished areas have been used by |
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Treatment plants cost too much for governments in less-developed countries |
What is the biggest problem with conventional sewage treatment? |
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One-Fifth |
The World Bank estimates that ________ of the world's population live in extreme poverty |
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Primary Sewage Treatment |
Is a physical process that uses screens and a grit tank to remove large floating objects and to allow solids such as sand and rock to settle out. |
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We have technologies to accomplish cuts fairly quickly |
We could quickly slow atmospheric warming by focusing on reducing black carbon (a component of soot), methane, and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) because |
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Melting of all arctic summer sea ice |
One possible climate change tipping point, as identified by climate scientists, is |
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Planting buffer zones of vegetation between cultivated fields and nearby surface waters |
The formation of dead zones can be reduced by |
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Focuses too much on enforcing cleanup instead of pollution prevention |
Critics say the command-and-control approach |
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It can deplete irreplaceable forms of natural capital |
Ecological economists contend that conventional economic growth will eventually become unsustainable because |
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Economic Development |
What set of efforts focuses on creating economies that can meet basic human needs for food, shelter, physical and economic security, and good health? |
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Industry, households, surface runoff, and mining sites |
Acids, bases, salts, and metal compounds are pollutants that enter the environment from |
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Perverse |
Subsidies that lead to environmental damage are called ________ subsidies. |
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Have no economic value |
Neoclassical economists contend that ecosystem services |
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Capital |
The three types of ________ used by most economic systems are natural, human, and manufactured |
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Calculating direct and indirect costs |
Making a cost-benefit analysis involves |
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Germany |
What country introduced a green tax on fossil fuels in 1999 that has reduced pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, helped create new jobs, and greatly increased use of renewable energy resources? |
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Governmental Subsidies |
Many environmentally harmful businesses have used political and economic power to obtain ________ that help them avoid true free-market competition. |
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Mexico City |
In 1992, the United Nations named ________ "the most polluted city on the planet." |
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Urban heat island |
Heat generated by cars, factories, furnaces, lights, air conditioners, and heat-absorbing dark roofs and streets help create what is known as a(n) ________ in the central city. |
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Cluster |
development has replaced the practice of bulldozing a tract of woods or farmland and building rows of houses on standard-size lots. |
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Approval from local and provincial governments and state councils |
In China, building on fundamental land requires |
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Zoning can discourage innovative approaches to urban problems |
What is a potential problem with zoning? |
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Absorption of CO2 and other air pollutants |
Greenbelts can provide vital ecosystem services, such as |
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Preventive solutions will lead to very important environmental, health, and economic benefits |
The no-regrets strategy for climate change argues that |
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Detoxification of hazardous waste |
Plasma gasification and nanomagnets are methods for |
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Recycling and reusing most matter outputs instead of dumping them into the environment |
A matter recycling and reuse economy can be defined as |
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Clear legal limit on emissions |
One advantage of carbon cap-and-trade policies is the |
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Ocean currents and winds |
Sea-level rise will not be uniform across the world because of |
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Exposure to darker land areas |
What effect of melting ice and snow accelerates the melting of arctic ice? |
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Reuse |
Carrying groceries or other items in cloth bags is a way to |
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