What are three significant environmental costs of development? Give examples of each to illustrate your answer.
What will be an ideal response?
Three significant environmental costs include pollution, resource depletion and climate change. Pollution exists in a variety of forms from air, water, soil, and visual. Factories, automobiles, and mining are three major contributors to pollution. Natural resource depletion is resulting in deforestation, desertification, and loss of arable land. It could ultimately lead to societal collapse as has happened in the past. Finally climate change threatens the entire global population. Anthropogenic causes of changes in climate continue to create problems like melting glaciers and warmer temperatures. African and Asian nations will experience the worst impact.
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Recently, the judicial surveys submitted by the American Bar Association have been
a. more welcome by the Democrats than the Republicans. b. more welcome by the Republicans than the Democrats. c. totally ignored by both parties. d. biased in favor of Hispanics. e. biased in favor of African Americans.
Which of the following is a sign of gradual revitalization of central cities?
A. young people choosing to live closer to colleges and universities B. an aging Boomer population choosing less expensive hospitals C. environmentalists concerned about profits of automobile companies D. few new immigrants seeking to live there
Someone would be at the "post conventional" stage/level of moral development if they orient their moral actions around
a. consequences for themselves. b. the opinions of others concerning their actions. c. freely chosen moral principles. d. the probability that punishment will follow their actions.
Public policy is the _______ of U.S. ideals into actionable governance by U.S. Institutions.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).