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Environmental Laws And Ethics Lecture 2 Flashcards

1
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What are the 3 types of risk communication?

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Precaution advocacy, outrage management, crisis communication

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What is precaution advocacy?

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Alerting insufficiently upset people to serious risks

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What is outrage management?

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Reassuring excessively upset people about small risks

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What is crisis communication?

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Helping appropriately upset people cope with serious risk

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What happened within the us in the 17th and 18th centuries?

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Dominated by a “frontier attitude”

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What seemed inexhaustible in the 17th and 18th century?

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Natural resources (land, timber, soil, water)

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Where was there widespread deforestation in the 17th and 18th century?

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Northeast and Midwest

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When was the establishment of Jamestown, va?

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1607 before frontier attitude that lasted nearly 250 years

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What are virgin forests?

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Old -growth or primary forest

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Who voiced concerns about depletion of natural resources in 19th century?

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US nationalists: JJ Audubon, hd Thoreau, gp marsh

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Who was John James Audubon?

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Painted nature, which increased interest in environment

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Who was HD Thoreau?

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Naturalist author on simplifying life (Walden pond)

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Who was GP Marsh?

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Author of Man and nature; humans as agents of environmental change

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What was a watershed moment in our environmental history?

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Passage of the General revision Act (1891)

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What was the General revision Act?

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Provided POTUS authority to establish forest reserves on federally owned land

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Who was involved with the revision Act?

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Presidents Harrison, Cleveland, and Roosevelt

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What did Harrison, Cleveland, and Roosevelt do?

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Removed 43 million acres (mainly in West) of forest from logging

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What did president Roosevelt do?

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Designated 21 new national forests totaling 16 million acres

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When was the American Association formed?

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1875

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When were Yosemite and sequoia National parks established?

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1890

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When was the General revision Act passed?

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1891

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What is a utilitarian conservationist?

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Value natural resources for their usefulness

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Who was a utilitarian conservationist?

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Theodore Roosevelt

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What is a biocentric preservationist?

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Protect nature because all life deserves respect

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Who was a biocentric preservationist?

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John Muir (founded Sierra Club and fought for National parks)

26
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What is the antiquities Act (1906)?

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Allows president to set aside sites of scientific or historical importance

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What is the American Dust Bowl (1930s)?

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Man-made, natural disaster due to extensive plowing and severe drought in the Great Plains

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What resulted from the American dust bowl?

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Raised awareness about the need for soil conservation

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Who created the soil conservation Service (1935)?

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President Franklin Roosevelt

30
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Who raised awareness about environmental issues in the 20th century?

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Aldo leopard (wildlife biologist), Wallace Stegner (novelist), Rachel Carson (marine biologist)

31
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What did Aldo leopard do?

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A sand County almanac (1949); argued for a land ethic and need to conserve wilderness areas

32
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What did Wallace Stegner do?

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Wilderness essay (1962); help create support for passage of the wilderness Act of 1964

33
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What did Rachel Carson do?

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Silent Spring; heightened awareness about potential health effects of DDT which initiated the environmental movement in the us

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When was the U.S. environmental protection Agency established?

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December 2,1970

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Who served as the first EPA administrator?

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William D ruckelshaus from Dec. 1970-1973

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What is the environmental policy Act (nepa) of 1970?

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To assure that all branches of government properly consider the environment prior to undertaking any major federal action

37
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What is the importance of environmental law?

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One of first laws ever written that establishes the broad national framework for protecting our environment

38
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What is required for any proposed federal action (e.g. Highway or dam construction)?

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Environmental impact statement (EIS)

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What is the endangered species Act of 1973?

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Goal is to conserve/recover listed species and critical habitat

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Who must federal agencies consult with when any activity may affect listed species or habitat?

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USFWS (US Fish and Wildlife Service) or NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Services)

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What is the Clean Air Act (CAA) 1970?

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issue air quality standards

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What is the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 1972?

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ensure that a registered pesticide will perform function without unreasonable effects on human health and the environment

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What is the Clean Water Act (CWA) 1972?

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Calls for standards to protect public health and the environment from any reasonably anticipated adverse effects

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What is Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 1976?

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Make sure that such chemicals and mixtures do not pose an unreasonable threat to health or the environment”

45
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What is the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) 1980?

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response to releases of hazardous substances should be based on risk to public health or the environment

46
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What is 1 major sources of agricultural wastewater?

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Agricultural runoff from fields treated with pesticides and fertilizer

47
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What is 1 major sources of agricultural wastewater?

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Animal feeding operation (AFO) sewage containing pathogens, antimicrobials, and hormones

48
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How many superfund sites are currently in the US?

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1328 total

49
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What is environmental justice ?

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Right of every citizen to adequate protection from environmental hazards

50
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What is the goal of environmental justice?

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To find and adopt equitable solutions that respect all groups of people, including those not born yet

51
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What do members of low income and minority communities at the local- to global- level have ?

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  1. More environmental threats and burdens
  2. Less access to environmental amenities
  3. Less voice in planning and politics
52
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What is environmental ethics?

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considers moral basis of environmental responsibility

53
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What are the 2 different types of environmental worldviews?

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Western worldview and deep ecology world view

54
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What is Western Worldview?

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Human superiority and dominance over nature

55
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What is Deep Ecology Worldview?

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All species have an equal worth to humans

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