1. Getting started This session is different than a regular SI session: this is a fast-paced review rather than going in depth into the material. That being said, if you still have confusion about something, please speak up.

2. Chapter 7

3. What is the source of the problem San Diego and Tijuana are facing? What is being done about it? What are the hindrances to improvement? Which government agency is working to develop solutions?

4. Q: The most active environmental group in China is made up of what?

5. A: College Students

6. Q: What steps is the Chinese government taking to improve their environment?

7. A:

8. Q: What is the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development?

9. A: Agreements of international policy on environmental issues decided on by the United Nations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992.

10. Q: Fairness and resource use are two things that environmental ______ seeks to control.

11. Q: _________ ___________ are the “fourth branch” of government. They put regulations, or specific rules and requirements based on broader laws into place.

12. Q: What are three problems that environmental policy commonly seeks to address?

13. A: -Tragedy of the Commons -The Free Rider Predicament -Externalized Costs

14. Q: Which wave of environmental policy do each of these laws fall under: -Wilderness Act -Endangered Species Act -Homestead Act

15. Q: Who wrote Silent Spring? What is it about?

16. A: Rachel Carson It informed the public of the dangers of pesticides and industrial chemicals. No more songbirds = silent spring.

17. Q: Which president was in office when the NEPA and EPA were created? What does each one stand for, and what is its function?

18. A: Nixon EPA: Environmental Protection Agency – regulates water and air quality, solid waste, etc. NEPA: requires government funded projects to submit an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

19. Q: What is regulatory taking, and how was it almost imposed on the Nevada community with the population of Amargosa toads?

20. Q: What appears to be the “fourth wave” of environmental science?

21. Q: What were the main points of the “Toxic Chemicals Enter the Womb” video and the article “The Pollution Within”?

22. Q: What is the Etowah HCP, what do they aim to accomplish, and why?

23. Q: What are three main approaches to changing environmental policy?

24. Q: Tort law Government regulations Market-based approaches

25. Describe how environmental policy goes from an idea into action.

26. Q: What is the difference between customary law and conventional law?

27. Q: China is expected to equal US emissions by what year?

28. Q: 2030

29. Q: What did the husband do for a living in “China Revs Up”?

30. Q: What are the main problems with the environment in China? What trends make improvement difficult?