ES Unit 2.2 - Environmental Policy

What does the Clean Air Act regulate and protect the public from?

• Wild Life

• Bad Air Pollutants

• Aquatic Lifeforms

• Litter on the streets

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True or False: The Clean Water Act (CWA) and The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) are the same thing.

• True

• False

In the 1970s, the United States introduced the _________________________ which calls for a recovery plan to be created for each endangered species.

• Resource consevation and Recovery Act

• Clean Water Act

• Endangered Species Act

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Which act mandates the restoration and maintenance of the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters?

• Safe Drinking Water Act

• Clean Water Act

• Toxic Substances Control Act

Makes use of science, ethics, economics, and political process to solve environmental problems.

• industrialization

• environmental policy

• environmental science

• environmental Impact statement

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Many agencies have been created to enforce regulations. For example, the ______________________________ enforces the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.

• local government

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• State governors

• Federal government

A(n) _____________________ is a giveaway of cash or public resources that is intended to encourage a particular activity or lower the price of a product.

• cap-and-trade

• green tax

• policy

• subsidy

What economic method is often used to guide policy makers in making pollution regulations?

• supply-demand analysis

• determining point of diminishing returns

• cost-benefit analysis

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Most of the United States’ early environmental policies involved restrictions enforced by the government.  These are known as

• Incentives

• Tax breaks

• Regulations

• Subsidies

What is one of the goals of environmental policy?

• Passing laws that encourage sustainable use of resources

• Regulating and taxing businesses

• Focusing solely on economic growth

• Establishing the voting rights of animals

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