Chapter 3

Question 1

Environmental Policy

Answer 1

Environmental laws, regulations, and programs that are designed and implemented and enforced by government agencies

Question 2

Policies

Answer 2

The laws and regulations a government enacts and follows

Question 3

Democracy

Answer 3

Government by the people through elected officials and representativeness

Question 4

Politics

Answer 4

Process by which individuals and groups try to influence or control the policies of a government

Question 5

Environmental Law

Answer 5

Body of laws and treaties that broadly define what acceptable environmental behavior is for individuals, groups, businesses, and nations.

Question 6

Environmental Justice

Answer 6

An ideal whereby every person is entitled to protection from environmental hazards regardless of race, gender, age, etc.

Question 7

Civil Suits

Answer 7

Court case brought to settle disputes or damages between one party and another.

Question 8

Plaintiff

Answer 8

Party in a court case bringing charges or seeking to collect damages for injuries to health or for economic loss; may request injunction

Question 9

Defendant

Answer 9

The party in a court case being charged with creating a harm

Question 10

Lobbying

Answer 10

Individuals or groups contact legislators in person or hire people to persuade legislators to vote pr act in their favor

Question 11

Revolving Door Effect

Answer 11

The tendency for administrators to move back and forth between agencies and the companies they regulate can give regulated companies an unfair advantage in the political process.

Question 12

Ecoefficiency

Answer 12

the delivery of goods and services to meet human needs and improve quality of life while progressively reducing their environmental impacts