Act Two
Enacted in 1970 this landmark federal law requires agencies to evaluate the environmental impacts of their major actions before proceeding
NEPA (national environmental policy act)
The intent of the clean air act
Protect protecting human health in the environment by protecting ambient air quality
What are the two advantages of GMO crops?
More pest/disease resistance, higher crop yields
Social media blurs the line between these two types of communication
Public and private
Ecosystems do not pay attention to human boundaries pollution crosses, jurisdictions within ecosystems. This ideas referred to as what.
Ecosystem management
Any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including, but not limited to any pipe ditch channel tunnel, conduit, discreet fissure, container or rolling stock.
Point source
All states are required to comply with these air standards
NAAQS (national ambient air quality standards)
Removing standing water, a cultural IPM approach for this past
Mosquitoes
Name two types of info protected from FOIA (freedom of information act)
National security, personal data proprietary information on ongoing criminal investigations
A deceptive practice, where community or organization, exaggerates or falsely claims its environmental friendliness or sustainability efforts to appear more environmentally responsible than it actually is
Greenwashing
The pollution prevention act defines what to be most desirable?
Preventing pollution of the source
Not attainment requires state, environmental managers to develop this
SIP (state implementation plan)
At the time of silence spring what was the public/government’s perspective on pesticides
Limited concern for health impacts left pesticides generally seen be beneficial for agriculture public health
This barrier to communication is overcome by keeping your presentation focused
Information overload keep presentation on track
You are told to required to do something, but not given the necessary funding to effectively do it what is this key issue?
Unfunded/underfunded mandates
Two provisions of this pesticide control act are that all pesticides must be registered with the EPA improperly labeled, and that the EPA can suspend or cancel the registration of any pesticide posing and unreasonable risk
FIFRA (federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act)
New sources under the CAA are subject to this
These are reasons why children are not little adult adults regarding pesticide exposure
Being smaller and size leads to the higher toxin, absorption, metabolism processes, toxins differently
The sunshine laws allow the press in the public to do this
The public needs to be involved in public meetings when making decisions that involve policy agents, the public must be involved
Functions and strategies for program management
Permitting monitoring enforcement technical assistance
Land disposal, restrictions are standards developed under this act
RCRA (resource conservation and recovery act)
These six chemicals are criteria air pollutants
Lead, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, ground level ozone, particulate matter 2.5
What is an example of biological control for pest?
Using natural predators introducing an organism to eat pest/bacteria to control pest
Three examples of nonverbal communication
Hand gestures, eye contact, facial expressions
Executive order 12898 mandates all federal agencies to consider equity and environmental public health policies for minority and low income populations rather than enforcing it. What is this executive order known for addressing?
Environmental justice