Chapter 2

Question 1

ESA

Answer 1

• Endangered Species Act
• Federal money can’t be spent and people can’t deminish habitat or numbers of endangered species
• “The God Squad” makes all the laws 1972

Question 2

NEPA

Answer 2

• National Environmental Policy Act
• An EIS must be made before action is taken
• 1969

Question 3

Wilderness Act

Answer 3

• Some places should be left wild and designated wilderness areas prohibits certain activities in these areas
• 1964
• Designated areas are used for multiple things

Question 4

CWA

Answer 4

• Clean Water Act
• Regulates pollutants in waters of US
• Makes standards for water quality
• Pollutant control programs
• 1972

Question 5

CAA

Answer 5

• Clean Air Act
• Cleaning air to improve peoples health
• Air quality standards
• Targets hazardous/toxic pollutants
• Regional haze
• 1970

Question 6

Muir v. Pinchot

Hetch Hetchy

Answer 6

Muir wanted to preserve the Hetch Hetchy before it became a reservoir
Pinchot wanted to damm it

Question 7

Externalities

Example

Answer 7

Cost or benefit to a party that did not choose to have that cost or benefit

Example: Yard being backed up to National Park

Question 8

Rational Actor

Example

Answer 8

They exhibit traits relevant to both their preferences and their decision making behavior

Example:

Question 9

Dates of:
CAA
CWA
ESA

Wilderness Act
NEPA

(64, 69, 70, 72, 72)

Answer 9

CAA- 1970
CWA- 1972
ESA- 1972

Wilderness Act- 1964
NEPA- 1969

Question 10

Utility Limits (of Economics)

Answer 10

Limit of goods that a person consumes within a time period. The more consumed the better.

Question 11

Environmental Justice
What is it?
Examples…

Answer 11

Fair treatment all people (regardless of race, color, national origin, or income) with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws.

Example: Access to healthy food. Air/water pollution.

Question 12

Stratagies for pollution control (3)

Answer 12

• Command and control
• Incentive based regulations
• Cost effective analysis

Question 13

Triggering event

Answer 13

Events that cause a reaction from people that aren’t directly effected with an event

Usually brings up a thought that makes a point a big deal

Example: BP oil spill

Question 14

Economic Policies (2)

Answer 14

• Command and control- Not negotiable

- Incentive based- Negotiating

Question 15

Fundamental Assumptions of Capiotalistic Societies

Answer 15

-People act in a way that makes them the most successful
(not if non profit)

-Supply and Demand will reach equilibrium
(not when talking about natural resources)

Question 16

EPI

Answer 16

Environmental Preformance Index

Quantifying the environmental performance of policies

Question 17

PPP

Answer 17

Public-Private Partnership

Government projects aimed at public benefit

Question 18

HDI

Answer 18

Human Development Index

Ranks countries’ levels of social and economic development based on:

• Life expectance
• Years of schooling
• Expected years of schooling
• Gross national income

Question 19

Perpetual vs. Renewable resourses

Definition of each

Answer 19

All perpetual are renewable, but if it is renewable that doesn’t mean that it is perpetual

Perpetual: never deplete in quantity or
quality, and are fixed no matter what amount of time will pass

Renewable: not exhausted by their utilization