Multiple Choice QuestionWhat decade saw the passage of more than 27 major federal laws for environmental protection, the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)?Multiple choice question.1950s1960s1970s1980s

Multiple Choice QuestionThe Clean Air Act of 1963 was the first national law in the United States for Blank______.Multiple choice question.air pollution controllimiting indoor air pollutionlimiting greenhouse gasesair pollution research

Multiple Choice QuestionWhat branch of government establishes environmental policy by hearing cases and determining whether they violate written or customary laws?Multiple choice question.ExecutiveLegislativeJudicial

Multiple Choice QuestionLack of funding, weak regulation, climate change, and the need to address nonpoint source pollution all are reasons that make reauthorization of the Clean Water Act Blank______.Multiple choice question.unnecessarynecessary but contentiousagreeable to all parties

Multiple Choice QuestionIn the last 50 years, the Clear Air Act is responsible for combined emissions of the six criteria pollutants Blank______.Multiple choice question.decreasing by 78%decreasing by 10%barely changing at allactually increasing

Multiple Choice QuestionThe Clean Water Act was passed in 1972 in response to people and companies dumping Blank______ directly into surface waters.Multiple choice question.garbagetoxic chemicals and sewagenuclear waste