Climate Policy
What climate bill did Congress pass in 2022?
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
Which segment of the climate movement often emphasizes future generations and uses moralizing rhetoric?
Youth
What 1970 grassroots moment is thought of as the beginning of the environmental movement?
Earth Day (the first: April 22, 1970)
Do a majority of Americans support or oppose drilling in ANWR?
Oppose
NIMBYism has been shown to exist in fights against which form of renewable energy?
Wind
What climate policy "bundle" tries to lower emissions and mitigate economic and racial justice?
Green New Deal (GND)
Which segment of the climate movement is most related with Robert Bullard's research studying toxic dumps?
Environmental justice
The Waxman-Markey bill failed in Congress in 2010. What policy would the bill have enacted?
Cap-and-trade
Does partisanship or racial identity predict bigger differences in climate policy opinions?
Partisanship
What US state tried and failed to pass a carbon tax TWICE via "the ballot"?
Washington
Name one example of a climate policy "carrot" AND one example of a "stick".
E.g.,: IRA (carrot), carbon tax (stick)
Which segment of the climate movement tries relies on class conflict and emphasizes green jobs?
What executive branch climate regulation did Obama try to enact – which was later stalled in the courts – after Waxman-Markey failed?
Clean Power Plan
Do people like policy sticks or carrots more?
Carrots
What big US city has oil drilling (& has tried to ban it locally)?
Los Angeles
Research shows that the fracking boom impacted WHICH two climate policies across the US? Name ONE.
LEV or RPS
Which segment of the climate movement most often organizes locally against the siting of fossil fuel plants in communities of color?
Environmental justice
What 2007 Supreme Court decision gave the EPA the power to regulate GHGs?
Mass. v EPA
Does bundling climate policies with other policies (e.g., jobs) generally help or hurt?
Helps
California has incorporated what controversial climate policy?
Carbon capture
Which 2020 Democratic Party primary presidential candidate had the biggest climate spending (e.g., GND) plan?
Bernie Sanders
Which 2 of these 3 are part of McAdam's (2017) theory about the US climate movement?
- 1) limited public mobilization
- 2) too much individualism in America
- 3) lack of a clear, compelling message
1 & 3
What ORGANIZATION protested in 2018 and in WHICH POLITICIAN's office to launch the Green New Deal?
Sunrise Movement & Nancy Pelosi
State the order of support for the IRA among these 3 groups (i.e., most, 2nd most, 3rd most):
- Baby Boomers
- Americas with less than a high school degree
- under $50k income
1) <$50k, 2) less than HS, 3) Baby Boomers
What biggest city has fully free public transit trains AND buses?
Kansas City