Larry Summers shared his opinion that it made perfect economic sense to encourage the movement of dirty industries to poor countries. He argued that residents of less developed countries were less likely to be concerned about the environment and if they suffered negative health effects from pollution, the economic cost would be lower since their wages were so much lower. These actions could be classified as ________.
A. environmental discrimination
B. environmental racism
C. enviro profit margins
D. an example of the exploitation theory
Answer: B
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A) richness is a measure of biodiversity and equitability is a measure of competition. B) richness expresses how complicated the organisms that make up an ecosystem are, while equitability only considers the number of organisms. C) richness is a count of the number of species present in an ecosystem and equitability describes how evenly distributed the populations of each species are. D) richness describes the number of r-selected species in an ecosystem and equitability expresses the number of K-selected species in an ecosystem.
Why is oxygen usually an oxidizing agent?
A. It is a very electronegative element. B. It likes to be oxidized. C. It does not undergo reduction. D. It is very abundant and so it is easier to react than nitrogen. E. all of the above
Which of the following best compares energy and nutrients?
A) Energy and nutrients flow one way through ecosystems. B) Energy and nutrients both cycle within ecosystems. C) Energy cycles within ecosystems, while nutrients flow only one way through ecosystems. D) Energy flows one way through ecosystems, but nutrients cycle within ecosystems.
The 1992 Earth Summit was concerned primarily with this type of issue
A) population growth B) the status of women C) water pollution D) global environmental issues