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85 Cards in this Set
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The authors note that the United States was commended in a "report card on international environmental performance" on improvements to the environment. Which of the following areas do the authors describe as the "most impressive" improvement?
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Improvements in the nation's air quality |
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According to the authors, which of the following federal agencies was noted as having only a limited ability to assess the public health risks of hundreds of new chemicals introduced into the market place annually?
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
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According to your text, what is the common, or "popular," name for the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980?
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Superfund |
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In what year was Earth Day first celebrated in the United States?
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1970 |
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Which decade does your author identify as being the "most remarkably creative legislative period in the history of American environmentalism?"
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1970's |
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According to your text, which American president proposed creating the Department of Energy, which brought together federal energy programs and administrative agencies responsible for energy-related policies?
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Jimmy Carter |
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Which of the following events does your text describe as plunging the future of commercial nuclear power in the United States from "bleak to barren?"
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The reactor meltdowns in 1984 at Chernobyl, Soviet Union
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Which of the following does the text attribute to the optimism of the environmental movement at the beginning of the Clinton Presidency?
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Both of these are true (Clinton and Gore) |
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Which of the following does the text describe as contributing to the "plodding pace" at which important environmental laws are implemented?
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The growing complexity of the regulatory process |
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Which of the following components does international environmental scholar, Jonathan M. Harris, include in his definition of "sustainable development?"
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All of these (Economic, Social, Environmental Sustainability) |
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Which of the following policy scholars does the Rosenbaum text most closely associate with the "agenda setting" phase of "The Policy Cycle?" |
Charles Jones |
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Which of the following, according to your text, is not a part of "The Policy Cycle?"
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All of these are part of The Policy Cycle |
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According to your text, which of the following Constitutional-era figures (people who contributed to the creation of the Constitution) is most closely associated with the notion of setting "ambition against ambition" as it relates to checks and balances in the United States Constitution?
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Madison |
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According to your text, which of the following best describes the term "incrementalism?"
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Working within the system |
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According to your text, which of the following terms best describes groups like The Sierra Club and the National Wildlife Federation?
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The Ideological Mainstream
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According to your text, which of the following terms best describes groups like the Animal Liberation Front or the Earth Liberation Front?
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Radical Environmentalism
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According to your text, which of the following best describes the organizational membership of environmental groups?
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White, well-educated, and well-off
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According to your text, in the context of environmentalism, what does NIMBY stand for?
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Not-In-My-Backyard |
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According to your text, which of the following best describes public opinion on environmentalism?
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"Passive consensus"
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According to your text, what often distinguishes environmental policymaking from other policy domains?
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The importance of science in the policy process
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Which of the following, according to your text, is not a Constitutional power of the President of the United States as it relates to environmental policymaking?
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The power to allocate federal funding to worthy environmental legislation.
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Which piece of federal legislation enabled (or created) the Council on Economic Quality, a group of presidential advisors on environmental issues?
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The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
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According to your text, how many different Congressional committees and subcommittees have jurisdiction over the Environmental Protection Agency as of the 110th Congress?
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More than 20 |
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Which American President created the Environmental Protection Agency?
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Richard Nixon |
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Which of the following is true with respect to the Department of the Interior ("DOI") and The Department of Energy ("DOE") as of the most recent fiscal year, according to your text?
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DOE has the bigger budget, but DOI has more employees
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Which of the following bureaucratic entities was the first to be created?
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The Department of the Interior
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Which of the following pieces of legislation does your text identify as the law which defines and encompasses the code of procedures applicable to federal agencies?
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The Administrative Procedures Act of 1946
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Which of the following, according to your text, best describes the effect of litigation in the court system as it relates to the environmental policy process?
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Litigation slows down the policy process
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According to your text, which of the following best describes the partisan demographics of Congress during the Reagan presidency?
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Democratic control of the House of Representatives and alternating control of the Senate between Democrats and Republicans
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Which of the following American political institutions does your text identify as the "most untiring watchdog over state environmental interests in Washington?"
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The United States Senate |
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Which federal regulatory agency is responsible for ensuring the safety of children’s' toys sold in the United States?
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission
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According to your text, how many lawsuits regarding asbestos exposure are currently before U.S. courts?
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300,000 |
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Which of the following, according to your text, might influence scientific judgment on environmental issues?
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All of these may influence scientific judgment on environmental issues
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Which of the following is not, according to your text, a statutory formula regulatory agencies encounter in determining the permissible exposure levels to various substances?
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Public safety criteria
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Which of the following best describes the "Precautionary Principle," as defined by your text?
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"When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically"
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According to your text, within which of the following jurisdictions has the Precautionary Principle been widely adopted and implemented?
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The European Union |
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Which of the following, according to your text is a potential risk of the "Precautionary Principle?"
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It may hinder innovation |
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According to your text, which group of people define "acceptable risk" as it relates to determining the magnitudes of risk from exposure to chemicals?
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Politicians |
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Which of the following terms are often used interchangeably with the term "environmental justice?"
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Environmental equity and environmental racism
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According to your text, which of the following obstacles keeps administrative agencies from implementing environmental justice mandates?
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Lack of resources and resolve |
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In what year was the Clean Air Act (“CAA”) passed?
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1970 |
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Which of the following, according to your text, best describes the political pressures regulators (government administrators) face as part of the process of Command-and-Control Regulation?
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Competing group pressures on administrators are routine in the regulatory process.
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Which of the following best describes Francis E. Rourke's observation that regulation in America operates behind and "opaque exterior?"
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The general public is not typically aware (and does not care to be) of the regulatory process.
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Which of the following, according to your text, best describes most current pollution legislation as it relates to legislative directives to government officials to stop private-sector polluting activity?
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Most current pollution legislation gives discretionary authority to government officials tasked with stopping polluting activity.
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According to your text, which of the following pieces of legislation is "one of the longest, most complex, and most technically detailed federal regulatory programs ever enacted?"
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The Clean Air Act |
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Which of the following was not part of the 1977 amendments to the Clean Air Act?
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Mobile source emission standards for government-subsidized airplanes.
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Which of the following was not part of the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act?
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A national law banning indoor smoking at government buildings.
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According to your text, which of the following is not one of the largest contributors to surface-water pollution in the United States?
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Nuclear contamination
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According to your text, which of the following terms best describes the different state groundwater quality standards?
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Inconsistency |
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According to your text, which of the following is a major source of drinking water contamination?
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Agricultural runoff |
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According to your text, there are more than ____ federal laws that are concerned with regulating the manufacture, distribution, and disposal of carcinogenic substances.
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24 |
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According to your text, which of the following major world events directly predated the "world-wide chemical revolution" (out of which most toxic and hazardous substances have arisen)?
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World War II |
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According to your text, how many chemicals were registered by the American Chemical Society by the mid-1960s?
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More than 4 million |
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According to a mid-2012 Gallup Organization poll, cited by your text, which of the following environmental risks was the most worrisome to the American public?
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Soil and water contaminated by toxic waste
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Controlling the threat of asbestos is an objective of which of the following federal laws?
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The Toxic Substances Control Act
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Testing chemical endocrine effects on humans is a provision of which of the following federal laws?
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The Food Quality Protection Act
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Assigning liability for clean-up at hazardous waste sites is a provision of which of the following federal laws?
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The Superfund legislation
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Setting time deadlines for the EPA for setting standards for disposing of specific types of wastes is a part of which of the following federal laws?
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The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
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Which of the following best describes the term (or acronym) NIMBY?
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Not In My Backyard |
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Which of the following terms best describes a human-made, synthetic compound that received increased attention from scientists and the federal government in the 1990s as a "worrisome chemical?"
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Endocrine disrupters |
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According to your text, which of the following fossil fuels has been called the "great black hope of America?"
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Coal |
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According to your text, what percentage of the world's energy production is consumed by Americans?
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25% |
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Which of the following federal laws is referred to you by your text as "the Bush administration's most important national energy plan?"
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The National Energy Policy Act |
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According to your text, which of the following U.S. Presidents said the following: "Every gallon of oil each one of us saves, is a new form of production."?
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Jimmy Carter |
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According to your text, which of the following fossil fuels is the most plentiful in America?
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Coal |
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According to your text, approximately what percentage of the total U.S. land area is owned by the federal government?
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Between 20% and 30%
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According to your text, which U.S. state has the highest percentage of federally owned land within its boundaries?
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Nevada |
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According to your text, which of the following was the first National Park to be created by Congress?
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Yellowstone National Park
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Which of the following agencies does your text refer to as "one of the proudest and most enduring monuments to America's first important conservation movement?"
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The Forest Service |
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Which of the following agencies does your text identify as a source of conflict in terms of disputes over multiple use of the public domain?
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The Bureau of Land Management |
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According to your text, which of the following U.S. presidents is most directly responsible for the creation of the Bureau of Land Management?
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Harry Truman |
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Which of the following terms best describes the political movement that supports the notion that the federal government ought to divest itself of its lands and turn control of them over to the states?
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The Sagebrush Rebellion |
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What does the term "OCS" mean, as used in this chapter?
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Outer Continental Shelf
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Which of the following, according to your text, is a derogatory term used by environmentalists to describe the BLM?
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"Bureau of Livestock and Mining"
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Which of the following cabinet-level offices is described by your text as "the focus of controversy over energy exploration in the public domain?"
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The Department of the Interior
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According to your text, which of the following is the "catalyst to the ongoing controversy over the scientific validity of global climate change predictions...?"
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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According to your text, which of the following nations leads the world in global greenhouse gas emissions?
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China
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According to your text, which of the following conventions had, as its convention theme, the following: "Our Last Chance to Save Earth?"
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The 1992 Conference on Environment and Development of 1992
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According to your text, which of the following is "perhaps the most compelling and common incentive for nations to negotiate environmental agreements?"
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The recognition of a shared problem or the possibility of mutual advantage
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Which of the following is identified by the text as a limitation or deficiency of the Copenhagen Accord?
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A voluntary (as opposed to mandatory) framework
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According to your text, "Only One Earth" was theme of which of the following conferences?
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The 1972 Conference on the Human Environment
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According to your text, which of the following groups called the Copenhagen Accord, "... clearly a work in progress?"
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The Union of Concerned Scientists
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In what city was the "Earth Summit" held?
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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According to your text, where was the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference held?
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Mexico
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Which of the following does your text identify as "major elements" of the Copenhagen Accord?
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All of these |
