Environmental Problems Can Be Amplified by Advocates and Minimized by Opponents

question 101

Multiple Choice

Environmental problems can be amplified by advocates and minimized by opponents. What does this phenomenon demonstrate about environmental problems?

• A) They are largely imaginary.
• B) They are socially constructed.
• C) They are subject to whim.
• D) They are a political battlefield.

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