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examples of crisis and opportunity (intro readings) correct answers Green Acres article
- cities cause major carbon emissions
-"eco villages", localized farming, reducing energy use
Eat, Sleep, Click article
- internet takes a lot of energy
- we can power it with green electricity (biking)
Environmental footprint of your pet article:
- meat industry produces methane
- be cautious of what you choose to feed your pets
NOAA 2017 climate report correct answers - 2017 top three hottest years (2016 & 2015
complete top three)
- arctic maximum sea ice coverage record low
- temp of upper ocean and sea surface temp hit NEAR record high
- rise in sea level and greenhouse gas emission hit record high
Lear's intro to Silent Spring: Carson's unique insights etc. correct answers -people were quick to
discredit Carson
- Silent spring led to the birth of the modern environmental movement
- caused the ban of DDT
population bomb 1968 correct answers -Thomas Malthus thought we were headed to doom bc
we can't supply enough food for a growing population
- didn't take into consideration evolving technology or family planning
Spaceship earth economics correct answers 1. "cowboy"- when resources run dry in one spot, we
can always move to a new spot
2. "spaceman"- earth is a single spaceship (we have limits on resources)
- cowboy mentality was the common assumption but spaceman was much more accurate
k. boulding 1966 correct answers Argued that we have based our economic actions on the
cowboy model (resources are infinite) NOT the reality
resilience correct answers limits of capacities to absorb toxins (ecosystems are resilient but only
to a point)
"limits to growth" 1974 MIT club of Rome correct answers a project that used "super" computers
to look at the rate of depleting resources and make projections based off that data
Alarmism correct answers people need to wake up and be alarmed
-EX: smoking-people didn't think it was harmful but it was
Hardin's "tragedy of the commons" correct answers resources used by everyone become depleted
and abused
, - EX: oil
proposed solution: coercion
altruism correct answers putting others before yourself (selflessness) NOT enough to solve
tragedy of the commons
Ophuls' analysis and influence from enlightenment era correct answers -Thomas Hobbes state of
nature
- establishment of a "civil and just" authority was thought to solve all issues of scarcity
- social rules and political control needed
-"public-goods" problem
"public-goods" problem correct answers similar to tragedy of the commons
- authoritative political involvement needed
NEPA/ EPA correct answers (national environmental policy act of 1969) signed into law in 1970
by Nixon knows as the EPA
environmental regulatory policies correct answers - clean air act 1970
-OSHA (occupational safety and health act) 1970
a. NIOSH (national institute for occupational safety and health)
-clean water act 1972
-ESA (endangered species act) 1973
-RPA (resource planning act) 1974
- superfund 1980
EIA/EIR correct answers environmental impact statement/report
- given by a third party (supposed to be not political/ objective)
-however end up being biased and can be deferred until the preferred outcome is given
pollution abatement correct answers determining the sources of pollution (point source, non
point source)
point source pollution correct answers pollution that comes directly from a single source
ex: a pipe pumping out toxic chemicals
non point source pollution correct answers pollution that comes from many sources
ex: aerosol and other CFCs (bc there are millions of them across the country)
PPP correct answers polluter pays principle- superfund/government holds polluters accountable
Authoritative rules correct answers regulations became informed by scientific expertise
limitations/ shortcomings of environmental regulatory policy correct answers -market and
political power
examples of crisis and opportunity (intro readings) correct answers Green Acres article
- cities cause major carbon emissions
-"eco villages", localized farming, reducing energy use
Eat, Sleep, Click article
- internet takes a lot of energy
- we can power it with green electricity (biking)
Environmental footprint of your pet article:
- meat industry produces methane
- be cautious of what you choose to feed your pets
NOAA 2017 climate report correct answers - 2017 top three hottest years (2016 & 2015
complete top three)
- arctic maximum sea ice coverage record low
- temp of upper ocean and sea surface temp hit NEAR record high
- rise in sea level and greenhouse gas emission hit record high
Lear's intro to Silent Spring: Carson's unique insights etc. correct answers -people were quick to
discredit Carson
- Silent spring led to the birth of the modern environmental movement
- caused the ban of DDT
population bomb 1968 correct answers -Thomas Malthus thought we were headed to doom bc
we can't supply enough food for a growing population
- didn't take into consideration evolving technology or family planning
Spaceship earth economics correct answers 1. "cowboy"- when resources run dry in one spot, we
can always move to a new spot
2. "spaceman"- earth is a single spaceship (we have limits on resources)
- cowboy mentality was the common assumption but spaceman was much more accurate
k. boulding 1966 correct answers Argued that we have based our economic actions on the
cowboy model (resources are infinite) NOT the reality
resilience correct answers limits of capacities to absorb toxins (ecosystems are resilient but only
to a point)
"limits to growth" 1974 MIT club of Rome correct answers a project that used "super" computers
to look at the rate of depleting resources and make projections based off that data
Alarmism correct answers people need to wake up and be alarmed
-EX: smoking-people didn't think it was harmful but it was
Hardin's "tragedy of the commons" correct answers resources used by everyone become depleted
and abused
, - EX: oil
proposed solution: coercion
altruism correct answers putting others before yourself (selflessness) NOT enough to solve
tragedy of the commons
Ophuls' analysis and influence from enlightenment era correct answers -Thomas Hobbes state of
nature
- establishment of a "civil and just" authority was thought to solve all issues of scarcity
- social rules and political control needed
-"public-goods" problem
"public-goods" problem correct answers similar to tragedy of the commons
- authoritative political involvement needed
NEPA/ EPA correct answers (national environmental policy act of 1969) signed into law in 1970
by Nixon knows as the EPA
environmental regulatory policies correct answers - clean air act 1970
-OSHA (occupational safety and health act) 1970
a. NIOSH (national institute for occupational safety and health)
-clean water act 1972
-ESA (endangered species act) 1973
-RPA (resource planning act) 1974
- superfund 1980
EIA/EIR correct answers environmental impact statement/report
- given by a third party (supposed to be not political/ objective)
-however end up being biased and can be deferred until the preferred outcome is given
pollution abatement correct answers determining the sources of pollution (point source, non
point source)
point source pollution correct answers pollution that comes directly from a single source
ex: a pipe pumping out toxic chemicals
non point source pollution correct answers pollution that comes from many sources
ex: aerosol and other CFCs (bc there are millions of them across the country)
PPP correct answers polluter pays principle- superfund/government holds polluters accountable
Authoritative rules correct answers regulations became informed by scientific expertise
limitations/ shortcomings of environmental regulatory policy correct answers -market and
political power
