Which of the Following Statements About Environmental Regulations in the United

question 55

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about environmental regulations in the United States is NOT true?

• A) Environmental protection represents one of the few areas in which the government has taken a limited role in regulating the activities of private actors.
• B) While 1970s-era environmental regulations produced visible successes, this has not been followed by a continuing national commitment to environmentalism.
• C) President Obama proposed a system of "cap and trade" energy regulations, which were subsequently adopted by Congress.
• D) The United States has fewer environmental regulations than other advanced democracies.
• E) States have tended to act in the absence of federal action on environmental issues as exemplified by several states adopting emissions caps that broadly follow the guidelines of the Kyoto Protocols that has not been adopted by the national government.

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