Other

Question 1

International environmental protection act 1983

Answer 1

Authorized the president to assist countries in protecting and maintaining wildlife habitats and in developing sound wildlife management and plant conservation programs. Special efforts should be made to establish and maintain wildlife sanctuaries, reserves, and parks; enact and enforce anti-poaching measures; and identify, study, and catalog animal and plant species, especially in tropical environments

Question 2

Pollution prevention act 1990

Answer 2

Designed to promote source reduction (stop pollution from being produced)

Question 3

Environmental education act 1990

Answer 3

Established the office of environmental education within the environmental protection agency to develop and administer a federal environment education program

Question 4

National environmental policy act (NEPA) 1970

Answer 4

Created the council on environmental quality that resulted in the creation of the EPA from the consolidation of various environmental agencies. It also mandates that federal agencies prepare environmental impact statements.

Question 5

Montreal accord 1978

Answer 5

Cut the emissions of CFCs that damage the ozone layer. This was amended in Copenhagen (1992) to include other key ozone-deleting chemicals

Question 6

Basel convention on the control of the transboundary movements of hazardous wastes 1992

Answer 6

169 parties aimed to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects resulting from the generation, management, transboundary movements and disposal of hazardous and other wastes. The US has not ratified this agreement and therefore is not bound to abide by it.

Question 7

Kyoto protocol 1997

Answer 7

Required the participating 38 developed countries to cut their greenhouse gas emissions back to 5% below 1990 levels. The US has not ratified this agreement and therefore is not bound to abide by it.

Question 8

Vampire appliance

Answer 8

An appliance that consumes electricity even when not operating
Ex. Microwave

Question 9

A binding agreement that preserves land from further development in exchange for tax write offs

Answer 9

Conservation easement

Question 10

Four drawbacks of nuclear energy

Answer 10

Safety concerns
Waste disposal concerns
Raw materials strafe
Thermal pollution

Question 11

Four Hydroelectric energy drawbacks

Answer 11

Water loss via evaporation at dam
Dam may hinder fish and aquatic migration
Silting
Habitat destruction/alteration

Question 12

Four wind energy source drawbacks

Answer 12

Initial costs are high
Turbines lack aesthetic appeals sound and vibration produced is annoying
Turbines may affect bird migration patterns

Question 13

Geothermal energy drawbacks (3)

Answer 13

Geographical limitations
Thermal pollution
Toxic chemicals (potential for releasing H2S in environment)