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Keywords J Flashcards

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Preservation

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Protecting the environment from harmful human activities.

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AQCR

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Air Quality Control Region

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NIOSH

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National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health

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Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act

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Allows the FDA to oversee the production of food, drugs, cosmetics, etc.

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Soil and Water Conservation Act

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Provides the USDA broad authority over the conservation, protection, and enhancement of soil, water, etc.

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Stewardship Worldview

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The belief that humans are responsible for the world, humanity, and the resources that have been entrusted to us.

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love canal

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an aborted canal project 4 miles south of Niagara Falls

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CEQ

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Council of Environmental Quality; federal agency that improves, preserves and protects America’s public health and environment

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potable water

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water that comes from ground/surface level that is treated in order to be drinkable

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SARA

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high-throughput economy

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attempts to boost the economy by increasing the flow of resources through the system to produce more goods

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environmental economists

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people that study the cost-effective allocation, use and conservation of resources

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Green Gross Domestic Product

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economic growth index paired it’s environmental consequence

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remediation

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is the act of remedying or correcting something that has been corrupted or that is deficient

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clean air act

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the clean air act or caa is the comprehensive federal law that regulates air emissions

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potw

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regulations that prohibit reactive and gas/vapor-toxic discharges to potw.

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epcra

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the emergency planning and community right-to-know act of 1986 was created to help communities plan chemical emergencies

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montreal protocol

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is a global agreement to protect the stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of the ozone

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greenwashing

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involes making an unsubstantiated claim to deceive consumers into believing that a company’s products are environmentally friendly

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CERLA

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comprehensive environmental response compensation act

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dioxin

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a highly toxic compound produced as a byproduct is some manufacturing processes

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PCB’s

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polychlorinated biphenyls are a group of man made chemicals

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resource conservation and recovery act

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the public law that creates the framework for the proper management of hazardous and non hazardous solid waste

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ecological economists

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A field of study whose fundamental premise is that the economic system is embedded within a social system

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existence value

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this is the benefit of simply knowing that biodiversity exists

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federal disaster area

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a region heavly damaged by a disaster

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NEPA

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national environmental policy act - ensure agenecies to consider the enviornmental impacts of their actions

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solid waste disposal act

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first major federal law directed at waste disposal

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neoclassical econmics

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broad theory that focusses on supply and demand as the driving forces behind the production, pricing, and comsumption of goods and services

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asthetic value

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value that an object, event, or state of affairs (most paradigmatically an artwork or the natural environment) possesses in virtue of its capacity to elicit pleasure (positive value) or displeasure (negative value) when appreciated or experienced aesthetically.

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Restoration

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to return an ecosystem to its original state, restoring degradation/destroyed habitats.

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Silent Spring

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A famous book by Rachel Carson that highlights the environmental impact of using pesticides

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SIPs

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a measure of how much a disturbance can affect flows of energy and matter in an ecosystem

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OSHA

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration - a regulatory agency that examines businesses and keeps labor conditions in check

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Pollution Prevention Act

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a piece of legislature designed to promote the prevention of pollution

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Food Quality Protection Act

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legislature regulated by the Secretary of Agriculture, and collected pesticide residue data on childrens/infants food

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