What is sustainable development?

- promoting a viable economy and meeting social needs at the expense of the environment
- promoting a viable economy while maintaining a viable environment and meeting social needs
- a purely economic pursuit, not including ethical considerations
- what the United States is practicing right now


promoting a viable economy while maintaining a viable environment and meeting social needs

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A large scale wildfire that clears a large area of forest would begin the process of ________ succession

A) secondary B) primary C) restoration D) climax E) tertiary

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What is the formula of the compound formed by an iron(III) ion and oxygen?

A) FeO B) FeO2 C) Fe2O3 D) Fe3O2

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Government ____________________ keep the price of water so low that consumers do not worry about water waste.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Outcomes of the Kyoto Conference of 1997 were that

A) all of the developed nations have significantly reduced GHG emissions. B) developing nations refused to sign the GHG protocol. C) the largest GHG emitters — India, China, and the United States — did not participate. D) Japan, Canada, and Russia met their GHG reduction pledges.

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