Environmental Public Policy Is Intended To

Question: Regarding the issue of global warming, until the hurricane season of 2005, the federal government's official stance was that the information available from the scientific community was neither conclusive nor persuasive. This governmental position was probably due to ________.

Answer: the private sector's resistance to changing its practices and strategies

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Question: Environmental public policy is intended to ________.

Answer: improve human welfare and protect the natural world

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Question: How does the EPA affect environmental policy?

Answer: The EPA develops rules and regulations based on laws passed by Congress.

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Question: Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring, published in the 1960s, ________.

Answer: focused on chemical pollutants, including industrial chemicals

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Question: Cap-and-trade is a system that ________.

Answer: permits industries that pollute at levels below the federal cap to sell credits to industries that pollute at levels above the cap

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