How Did the EPA Demonstrate the Danger of Coal Plants

question 59

Multiple Choice

How did the EPA demonstrate the danger of coal plants and justify its new rules?

• A) It calculated the amount of preventable deaths and ailments as a result of coal plants and placed an economic value on the avoidance of these.
• B) It calculated the amount of greenhouse gas emissions these plants were producing and convinced policy makers and the public that new rules and regulations would drastically curb these emissions.
• C) It did not need to justify the new rules, as there was little to no resistance against them.
• D) It exposed dangerous and rampant safety violations at coal plants, which was enough to shift public opinion in favor of the new rules.

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