Which of the Following Statements Is NOT True

question 77

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

• A) Environmental protection represents one of the few areas in which the government has taken an active role in regulating the activities of private actors.
• B) 1970s-era environmental regulations produced visible successes but this has not been followed by a continuing national commitment to environmentalism.
• C) President Obama proposed a system of "cap and trade" energy regulations that were 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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