The environmental justice movement started because __________.
- Aldo Leopold published The Land Ethic.
- corporate polluters were not serving jail time for breaking environmental laws
- the Environmental Protection Agency was not doing its job
- people realized that environmental damage is not equally distributed among all classes and racial groups; minority and low-income communities tend to contain a much larger share of the environmental damage (such as landfills, incinerators, toxic waste sites, etc.)
people realized that environmental damage is not equally distributed among all classes and racial groups; minority and low-income communities tend to contain a much larger share of the environmental damage (such as landfills, incinerators, toxic waste sites, etc.)
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Which location on this figure from the Investigation is located on a passive continental margin?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 5
A clastic sedimentary rock composed of sand (90%) and mud (10%) would be called a
A) sandy mudstone. B) muddy sandstone. C) siltstone. D) sandy shale.
Which of the following can we use to recognize prehistoric slope failures?
A. masses of rock fragments that are unusual for an area B. hummocky topography C. orientation of beds and other geologic structures D. sedimentary deposits E. All of these choices are correct.
Historically, up until the middle ages, populations were mostly limited by:
A. Infanticide B. Religious restrictions on marriage C. Culturally imposed family planning practices D. Disease, famine and war E. Low fertility rates