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Living near a landfill can cause all of the following EXCEPT ______.

A) seizure disorders
B) birth defects
C) cancer
D) low birth weight

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Question 32

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Overall weather trends across the globe point to ______.

A) a cooling climate
B) large ice caps
C) more snow pack
D) higher sea levels

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Ecological modernization is most closely associated with the ______ perspective.

A ______ is stratified by the ability to avoid risk.

A ______ perspective would be most likely to focus on how the desire to accumulate capital and wealth leads to an attempt to reduce both human and environmental labor costs while expanding production and increasing inequality and environmental degradation.

What is ecological modernization? Describe the main tenets of ecological modernization and give an example to support your answer.Then discuss two important criticisms of ecological modernization.

The reduction of access to environmental resources by a dominant group of beneficiaries is ______.

Feeling proud of driving your electric car everywhere even if it's charging with electricity generated through non-renewables like gas,oil,or coal is considered ______.

Politically,self-identified liberals are more likely to be concerned about climate change than self-identified conservatives.

Ulrich Beck argues that ______ is the great class equalizer in an age of global environmental problems.

Some regions of the earth have gotten colder over the past century.

Geology tells us that the really noticeable and important ecological changes take place in ______ moments.

Realists argue that we can separate ecological problems from human relationships and social organization.

For______ theorists,the plight of the environment is closely tied to the plight of labor.

Overall climate trends point to lower sea levels globally.