Politics of Environmental Issues| Real Based Questions with
Correct Answers| Updated for a perfect 100% score| Graded A+
According to Layzer, what is the fundamental thing that most motivates
members of Congress? How does this relate to the role of polls in measuring the
"salience" of an issue to residents of a state or congressional district? - Correct
Answer ✅💯Views of constituents to get re-elected→ focus on issues that
have salience with ppl they're trying to get votes from
polling→ gives reps an understanding what constituents care about
According to Layzer, why did Senator Ed Muskie eventually propose an air
pollution bill (most of which eventually became law) that was significantly
stronger than what President Nixon had asked for? - Correct Answer ✅💯
According to Leopold, what should be the role of economic principles in
conservation? - Correct Answer ✅💯Sees conservation as an effort to preserve
environment
Sees economic standpoint but thinks that it should never be more important than
conservation of the environment
According to Nash, how did most European settlers of North America regard
the wild state of nature that they found? How did they feel about "wilderness"? -
Correct Answer ✅💯They thought it was their God given right to conquer
North America. They feared wilderness.
The Native Americans didn't exploit the resources and were not fearful of
nature.
According to Quarles, how did changing public opinion on environmental
issues play a role in getting Hickel to sue Florida Power and Light? What are
some examples of how Hickel became aware that public opinion on
environmental issues was changing? - Correct Answer ✅💯
According to Quarles, why did Ruckelshaus, the first administrator of the EPA
(the big boss), work his new staff so hard? What was he responding to?
(Quarles' thoughts on this topic are on the last few pages of the chapter.) -
Correct Answer ✅💯
According to the Krugman reading, what are some of the "major personal
financial rewards" that politicians may look forward to after leaving office in
the U.S.? Does this remind you of anything that Jack Abramoff talked about in
his interview? - Correct Answer ✅💯"Soft landing"—revolving door between
Washington and wall street
,private sector
Support multitude of other orgs & indv
most ppl on capitol hill wanted to come work on K screen wanted to be
lobbyists
bribing-selling opinions to politicians & market what they want
According to these two readings (and what we talk about in class), why might
politicians open their doors to people who donate large sums of money to their
campaigns? - Correct Answer ✅💯Letters that imply donations had greater
odds for getting meeting with member of congress-getting their attention
Money buys access and helps you get ppl in power to influence their decisions
in your benefit
According to thinkers like Kraft and Amy, what are some things that
governments can do (and should do) when negative externalities threaten to
cause environmental problems? - Correct Answer ✅💯positive incentives for
companies to act upon environmental issues→incentive based for market
(internalize cost of production) & control & restrictions
According to Whitaker (and Layzer), what role did post-WWII American
affluence and prosperity play in the spread of environmentalist values? Why, in
Whitaker's view, are affluence and environmentalist values connected? Do you
agree? - Correct Answer ✅💯
According to Whitaker, what was the role of experts and scientists in the spread
of environmentalist values during the 1960s? - Correct Answer ✅💯
Based on what Muir says in these essays, what kinds of policies do you think he
would support? What role for government? - Correct Answer ✅💯
Branches of Government and their roles - Correct Answer ✅💯Legislative
makes the laws
Executive verifies them
Judicial interprets the law and its power
Carson was one of the first women to attain a leadership position in a federal
environmental agency. Do you think that her gender constituted an advantage or
disadvantage, or both, to her as an environmental advocate? Why? - Correct
Answer ✅💯
, Carter describes many issues in environmental politics and policy that have
impacted the South Bronx over the decades, from where to locate incinerators,
power plants, and highways, to where to build parks. Could you use Carter's talk
as a resource for describing one or more "social-political groups" that might be
relevant to understanding environmental politics in the South Bronx? If so,
how? - Correct Answer ✅💯Identifying socio-political groups in Bronx &
their relationship w pollution→allowed for formation of civil society
organizations & increased activism
Identified that there were no powerful organizations advocating for the needs of
people living in the Bronx
Did Bennet recommend small steps to address the problem of soil erosion or big
ones? What kind of role did Bennet want the federal government to play in this
effort? - Correct Answer ✅💯Bennett recommended big steps as he viewed
soil erosion was a widespread and important issue that needed to be addressed
and solved with help from the federal government. It affected the lives of
millions of Americans and it had been ignored for decades. He believed that the
federal government needed to allocate funds to programs, agencies, and
initiatives that would combat soil erosion in areas of the country.
Do you see modern cornucopian values reflected in how Andrew Jackson and
other prominent Americans at this time viewed Native Americans? In what
way? - Correct Answer ✅💯- Jackson took a cornucopian approach and used
whatever means necessary to gain land and resources.
- Despite there being native americans, he used brutality to remove them. I.e
cotton
- Jackson was an aggressive enemy of Native Americans and organized massive
Indian removal through
treaties that deceived them (example: Trail of Tears).
- Conquest, warfare, and land ownership are values that are still kind of around.
- Forced the concept of land ownership onto the Native Americans who saw
land as a common to be shared
Do you think that there are similarities between the Green New Deal and
Roosevelt's New Deal (which we talked about earlier this semester)? If so, what
kinds of similarities come to mind? - Correct Answer ✅💯
Correct Answers| Updated for a perfect 100% score| Graded A+
According to Layzer, what is the fundamental thing that most motivates
members of Congress? How does this relate to the role of polls in measuring the
"salience" of an issue to residents of a state or congressional district? - Correct
Answer ✅💯Views of constituents to get re-elected→ focus on issues that
have salience with ppl they're trying to get votes from
polling→ gives reps an understanding what constituents care about
According to Layzer, why did Senator Ed Muskie eventually propose an air
pollution bill (most of which eventually became law) that was significantly
stronger than what President Nixon had asked for? - Correct Answer ✅💯
According to Leopold, what should be the role of economic principles in
conservation? - Correct Answer ✅💯Sees conservation as an effort to preserve
environment
Sees economic standpoint but thinks that it should never be more important than
conservation of the environment
According to Nash, how did most European settlers of North America regard
the wild state of nature that they found? How did they feel about "wilderness"? -
Correct Answer ✅💯They thought it was their God given right to conquer
North America. They feared wilderness.
The Native Americans didn't exploit the resources and were not fearful of
nature.
According to Quarles, how did changing public opinion on environmental
issues play a role in getting Hickel to sue Florida Power and Light? What are
some examples of how Hickel became aware that public opinion on
environmental issues was changing? - Correct Answer ✅💯
According to Quarles, why did Ruckelshaus, the first administrator of the EPA
(the big boss), work his new staff so hard? What was he responding to?
(Quarles' thoughts on this topic are on the last few pages of the chapter.) -
Correct Answer ✅💯
According to the Krugman reading, what are some of the "major personal
financial rewards" that politicians may look forward to after leaving office in
the U.S.? Does this remind you of anything that Jack Abramoff talked about in
his interview? - Correct Answer ✅💯"Soft landing"—revolving door between
Washington and wall street
,private sector
Support multitude of other orgs & indv
most ppl on capitol hill wanted to come work on K screen wanted to be
lobbyists
bribing-selling opinions to politicians & market what they want
According to these two readings (and what we talk about in class), why might
politicians open their doors to people who donate large sums of money to their
campaigns? - Correct Answer ✅💯Letters that imply donations had greater
odds for getting meeting with member of congress-getting their attention
Money buys access and helps you get ppl in power to influence their decisions
in your benefit
According to thinkers like Kraft and Amy, what are some things that
governments can do (and should do) when negative externalities threaten to
cause environmental problems? - Correct Answer ✅💯positive incentives for
companies to act upon environmental issues→incentive based for market
(internalize cost of production) & control & restrictions
According to Whitaker (and Layzer), what role did post-WWII American
affluence and prosperity play in the spread of environmentalist values? Why, in
Whitaker's view, are affluence and environmentalist values connected? Do you
agree? - Correct Answer ✅💯
According to Whitaker, what was the role of experts and scientists in the spread
of environmentalist values during the 1960s? - Correct Answer ✅💯
Based on what Muir says in these essays, what kinds of policies do you think he
would support? What role for government? - Correct Answer ✅💯
Branches of Government and their roles - Correct Answer ✅💯Legislative
makes the laws
Executive verifies them
Judicial interprets the law and its power
Carson was one of the first women to attain a leadership position in a federal
environmental agency. Do you think that her gender constituted an advantage or
disadvantage, or both, to her as an environmental advocate? Why? - Correct
Answer ✅💯
, Carter describes many issues in environmental politics and policy that have
impacted the South Bronx over the decades, from where to locate incinerators,
power plants, and highways, to where to build parks. Could you use Carter's talk
as a resource for describing one or more "social-political groups" that might be
relevant to understanding environmental politics in the South Bronx? If so,
how? - Correct Answer ✅💯Identifying socio-political groups in Bronx &
their relationship w pollution→allowed for formation of civil society
organizations & increased activism
Identified that there were no powerful organizations advocating for the needs of
people living in the Bronx
Did Bennet recommend small steps to address the problem of soil erosion or big
ones? What kind of role did Bennet want the federal government to play in this
effort? - Correct Answer ✅💯Bennett recommended big steps as he viewed
soil erosion was a widespread and important issue that needed to be addressed
and solved with help from the federal government. It affected the lives of
millions of Americans and it had been ignored for decades. He believed that the
federal government needed to allocate funds to programs, agencies, and
initiatives that would combat soil erosion in areas of the country.
Do you see modern cornucopian values reflected in how Andrew Jackson and
other prominent Americans at this time viewed Native Americans? In what
way? - Correct Answer ✅💯- Jackson took a cornucopian approach and used
whatever means necessary to gain land and resources.
- Despite there being native americans, he used brutality to remove them. I.e
cotton
- Jackson was an aggressive enemy of Native Americans and organized massive
Indian removal through
treaties that deceived them (example: Trail of Tears).
- Conquest, warfare, and land ownership are values that are still kind of around.
- Forced the concept of land ownership onto the Native Americans who saw
land as a common to be shared
Do you think that there are similarities between the Green New Deal and
Roosevelt's New Deal (which we talked about earlier this semester)? If so, what
kinds of similarities come to mind? - Correct Answer ✅💯
