ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the U.S. has created more regulations on factories
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Europe has successfully eliminated all air pollution
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Environmental issues in the United States include climate change, energy, species conservation, invasive species, deforestation, mining, nuclear accidents, pesticides, pollution, waste and over-population. Despite taking hundreds of measures, the rate of environmental issues is increasing rapidly instead of reducing.
Detailed explanation-2: -First on the list of the biggest environmental issues in Europe is air pollution, which the European Environment Agency (EEA) deems as the “single largest environmental health risk” in the continent.
Detailed explanation-3: -Environmental regulation in the United States stands accused of causing a broad array of undesirable economic consequences. It is said that environmental regulation is too expensive, reduces economic growth, hurts international competitiveness, and causes widespread layoffs and plant closures.
Detailed explanation-4: -Characteristics of International Environmental Problems: Human and environmental impacts of the problems transcend the borders of any one country. Impacts of such problems as acid precipitation, ozone depletion and air pollution are not felt at only within countries where the problems are often created.