In Many Parts of the World, Renewable Forests Are Shrinking

question 56

Multiple Choice

In many parts of the world, renewable forests are shrinking and topsoil is eroding. This fact is evidence that ____.

• A) all forms of technology increase environmental impacts
• B) affluence has no impact on the health of the environment
• C) point sources of pollution are easy to identify
• D) the market prices of goods include the harmful environmental costs of producing them
• E) we are living unsustainably

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