After the IPCC issued dire warnings on climate change and the EPA took action in the form of new rules and regulations, what moderated the effects of the rule change and helped shift energy policy in the United States?
A. a moderation of climate change itself and a slower rate of warming
B. increases in gas and oil drilling with the aid of hydraulic fracturing
C. a wide agreement on the new rules and regulations that boosted the use of renewable energy
D. a stubborn resistance to the new rules and an unintended rise in the use of traditional fossil fuels
B. increases in gas and oil drilling with the aid of hydraulic fracturing
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a. initiative b. plurality c. referendum d. recall
Who theorized that the media performs the three important social functions of surveillance, interpretation, and socialization?
a. Douglass North b. Harold Lasswell c. Walter Cronkite d. Edward R. Murrow
The GPRA was designed to
a. force government agencies to focus on short-term strategies. b. eliminate the need for government agencies to account for their activities. c. require governments to increase their emphasis on regulation and control. d. push government agencies to link planning and performance outcomes to budgeting.
The treaty that ended the 2-year Mexican-American War in 1848 and transferred California to U.S. power was ______.
A. Treaty with Spain B. Treaty of Ghent C. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo D. Treaty of Los Angeles