Chapter-9
What was the name of the famous construction equipment company?
Caterpillar
What was Rachel Carson's biggest fear?
Chemicals
Who was Chico Mendes?
An indigenous people's activist as well as a fervent steward of the environment?
What was the first globally ratified treaty?
Montreal Protocol
When was the silent boundary crossed?
May 2014
What was the Great Acceleration?
A term to describe both economic expansion and fossil fuel use.
Who was the Indian Prime Minister who spoke for the Global South at Stockholm?
Indira Gandhi
In 2005, how much palm oil was produced all over the world?
32 Million Tons
Historical responsobility
How many countries signed onto the Paris Agreement in 2015?
196 Countries
What was the name of the last public art project that Diego Rivera worked on?
El Agua: Origen de la vida en la Tierra
Where was the first post-independence famine in India?
Bihar
When does the book claim the term "biodiversity" entered the English lexicon?
1980s
For which summit did Bush say, "the American way of life is not up for negotiation"
Rio Summit 1992
What is solar geoengineering?
Using aerosols to artificially reduce temperatures
What was the popular slogan around the time that Brazil nationalized its oil industry?
"the oil is ours"
What was the most potent herbicide used by the US military to combat Vietnamese soldiers?
Agent Orange
What was the name of the Transamazonian highway that was built in the 1960s?
BR-153
What was the region in Nigeria that can be seen as a National Sacrifice Zone?
Ogoni
Approximately what percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture?
25%