POL 310 Week 3 Quiz

 The file POL 310 Week 2 Discussion Questions 2 Air Quality contains answers on the following tasks:


 Research and report (describe) what efforts are in place to manage air quality in your town and state. Remember to consider emissions testing regulations, air quality index use, and other components of air quality management. Which institutions, laws and regulations exist to manage air quality in your town and state? These may be local, state, or federal laws, regulations and institutions.


 Consider the things you do in your everyday life that might contribute to air quality problems. How did you first become aware that your activities might contribute to air quality problems? Did you (or have you) done anything to alter your activities, so that your contribution to air quality problems is minimized?


 Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates

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 Environmental Values Policy . Identify an environmental amenity from the following list:

 a. Clean air

 b. Earth’s climate

 c. Ocean health

 d. Wilderness areas

 e. Endangered species

 f. Clean drinking water

 g. Old growth forests

 Look at Figure 1.1 in Chapter One of Environmental Policies . Identify the different values associated with that amenity. Then, identify a policy tension between the amenity that you choose and a threat to that amenity. For example, clean air is threatened by economic interests that pollute the air (e.g., industries that do not use “green” technology when emitting pollution, automobiles, large-scale confined feeding animal operations, etc.); wilderness areas are threatened by gas and oil interests, pressures to build roads in roadless areas, etc. Also, discuss the ways that different worldviews (e.g., biocentricism, anthropocentrism) play into the controversy surrounding the issue. In your opinion, have lawmakers adequately protected the value of the environmental amenity? Why or why not? Which worldview is present in your response to part E of this question?

 Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7. Do you agree with your classmates’ assessments regarding whether lawmakers have adequately protected the value of the environmental amenity identified in their postings? Why or why not?

 Common Pool Resources – Privatization or Collective Action . Identify two common pool resources from the list below, one that seems to be best managed by privatization and another that seems to be best managed through collective action.

 a. International fisheries

 b. Aquifers

 c. Forests

 d. Atmosphere

 e. Oil

 f. Herds of elephants

 g. Ocean floor mineral deposits in international waters

 Why does privatization work better for one, while collective action works better for the other?

 Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7. Do you agree with your classmates’ assessmen

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