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POL 310 Week 2 Discussion Questions 1 Climate Change

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  3. The file POL 310 Week 2 Discussion Questions 1 Climate Change contains answers of the following task:
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  6. Choose one of the following scientific organizations and review the research on climate change. Cite three specific facts that you learn about climate change. Does this information agree with what your local news station or newspaper is saying? Why or why not? Explain?
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  9. To what degree do you believe that individual activities
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  11. Business - General Business
  12. Environmental Values Policy . Identify an environmental amenity from the following list:
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  14. a. Clean air
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  16. b. Earth’s climate
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  18. c. Ocean health
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  20. d. Wilderness areas
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  22. e. Endangered species
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  24. f. Clean drinking water
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  26. g. Old growth forests
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  28. 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?
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  30. 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?
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  32. 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.
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  34. a. International fisheries
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  36. b. Aquifers
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  38. c. Forests
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  40. d. Atmosphere
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  42. e. Oil
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  44. f. Herds of elephants
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  46. g. Ocean floor mineral deposits in international waters
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  48. Why does privatization work better for one, while collective action works better for the other?
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  50. 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 privatization or collective action is the best choice for the common pool resources that they identified? Why or why not?
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  52. Climate Change . Choose one of the following scientific organizations and review the research on climate change. Cite three specific facts that you learn about climate change. Does this information agree with what your local news station or newspaper is saying? Why or why not? Explain?
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  54. To what degree do you believe that individual activities – say, choosing to walk to work instead of driving – can have a measurable impact on a changing climate? Why? How do you
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