Prior to Passage of the Clean Air Act, the Clean

question 60

Multiple Choice

Prior to passage of the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and other regulatory statutes in the 1970s, the common law:

• A) provided the most important protection for the environment
• B) provided a little protection for the environment, but most came from state statutes
• C) provided very little protection for the environment
• D) was regarded as useless because it was rarely enforced with regard to the environment
• E) led to a high number of suits against companies that polluted a lot

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Definitions:

Commute Time

The duration it takes for an individual to travel from their home to their place of work or study.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values; a low standard deviation indicates that the values tend to be close to the mean.

Quality Control

A process through which a business seeks to ensure that product quality is maintained or improved with either reduced or zero errors.

Unpopped Kernels

Corn kernels that remain hard and unexpanded after an attempt to pop them, usually due to insufficient heat.