SCIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Question
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All three branches of government are involved in environmental policy.
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The environmental policies have always been successful.
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All important environmental policies are created at the federal level.
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Environmental policy is based only on scientific information.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Each of the three branches of government-legislative, executive, and judicial-are involved in environmental policy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Executive branch is the governmental authority on environmental issues. Its role is to implement congressional policy. This branch is not only represented by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) but also by a broad range of departments with environmental competencies.
Detailed explanation-3: -The goal of environmental policy is to protect the environment for future generations while interfering as little as possible with the efficiency of commerce or the liberty of the people and to limit inequity in who is burdened with environmental costs.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following is TRUE of modern environmental policy in the United States? Policies require environmental impacts to be assessed before federal action is taken.