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What year was the Environmental Center founded?
What is 1970?
What is the biggest natural carbon sink?
What is the ocean?
Where is the hole in the ozone layer located?
What is above Antartica?
Which well-known British conservationist began his career as a BBC broadcaster?
Who is David Attenborough?
What year was the first Earth Day held?
What is 1970?
By what year does CU Boulder hope to reduce their greenhouse gases emissions by 50%?
What is 2030?
Which insect is considered to be the most important living being on earth?
What are bees?
Which country has the highest carbon emissions in the world (13 billion tonnes)?
In the 1970s, who said "only you can prevent forest fires?"
Who is Smokey the Bear?
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) led to the creation of which federal agency focused on environmental conservation in 1970?
What is the EPA?
As of 2024, where does CU rank in national sustainability rankings amongst US universities?
What is 11th?
What percent of materials sent to recycling centers is actually recyclable?
What is 20%?
According to the Climate Change Performance Index, which three countries are the leaders in climate protection?
What is Denmark, Sweden, and Norway?
Who is considered the "father of environmental justice?"
Who is Robert Bullard?
Which 1972 policy regulates pollution released into rivers, lakes, and streams?
What is the Clean Water Act?
How many acres of open space does the City of Boulder manage?
What is 46,000?
What natural resource is polyester made out of?
What is petroleum?
What was the first city in the US to implement a citizen's-initiated tax to support management of open spaces?
What is Boulder?
Which American biologist is credited for advancing the environmental movement through her book Silent Spring?
Who is Rachel Carson?
What are the six greenhouse gases regulated by the Clean Air Act?
What are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)?
What is the name of Boulder's 1959 city charter that creates a geographic line above which the City of Boulder will not supply water for domestic, commercial or industrial uses?
What is the Blue Line?
Why are mosses important for ecosystems?
What is they regulate soil moisture, retain organic matter, absorb carbon dioxide, and serve as a habitat for many species?
What continent will hold the 2026 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 31)? Bonus 200 points if you can name the country
What is Turkey, in Europe?
Which former US Vice President got the Nobel Peace Prize and wrote the book "An Inconvenient Truth" about global warming?
Who is Al Gore?
What policy treaty that phased out the production and consumption of CFCs led to the fixing of the ozone layer?
What is the Montreal Protocol?