History of the Environment Questions
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The reduction of human interference in ecosystems is the goal of this act, administered by the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Forest Service.
(2016) the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; Trump pulled US out because he said it was unattainable and costly
What act saved the ozone layer and is a world-wide successful agency?
Litter is found on the ground at Canyonlands National Park in Utah, a member of the U.S. National Park Service makes sure that the litter is cleaned up and that visitors to the park do not pollute.
World trade organization looks only at _____, not at ______ impacts
The Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in Kansas is monitored by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to protect the salt marsh habitat where whooping cranes can be seen every year as part of their annual migration
The EPA has established and maintains a system for the sale, distribution and use of pesticides to ensure responsible use to reduce the impacts on human health and the environment.
issued by President Nixon consolidating agencies that regulated water and air quality, solid waste, and other issues; evaluates research, monitors environmental quality, and sets and enforces pollution standards (change with politics)
(1980) funds Superfund program to clean up hazardous waste at the nation's most polluted sitesEast Troy aquifer in county , Ohio was contaminated by volatile organic compounds, including the common industrial chemicals PCE and TCE, have contaminated ground water, soil and the indoor air in basements. EPA and Ohio EPA data also shows that VOCs have contaminated ground water below the city of Troy, as well as a local drinking water well field.
Because of the Cuyahoga River fires, what positive change occurred?
what are these?cost of coffee beans, employee pay, coffee cups, coffee machines, health care
early analyst of the damage done to the earth by industrialization; raged against the ugliness, pollution and appalling living conditions created by industrialisation, and his argument that cities should have a 'belt of beautiful garden"
published Silent Spring, informing the public of the ecological and health impacts of industrial chemicals like DDT
How much did Costa Rica's forests increase from 1948 to 2005?
funds dams, irrigation infrastructure, and other development projects intended to benefit low-income people in developing countries
(1977) regulates the discharge of wastes, especially from industries, into rivers and streams, protect wildlife and human healthA plastics factory is releasing production waste directly into a local river, this is reported to the Federal Works Administrator who works with the company to rectify the situation.
represents multinational corporations and can impose financial penalties on nations that do not comply with its directives
a believer in transcendentalism and became politically active by promoting the preservation ethic, holding that we should protect nature in its pristine, unaltered state; protect nature in its pristine, unaltered state; ecocentric; Sierra Club
a form of economic progress that maintains resources for the future
(1977) directs US Department of Agriculture to survey and assess soil and water conditions across the nation and prep conservation plansThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) works with farmers to use more sustainable farming techniques to preserve nutrient levels and top soil.