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A _____ ______ (two words) pollutant arises from a specific place, i.e., smokestack.
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_________ air pollutants are also referred to as air toxics or toxic pollutants.
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A body with the authority to govern.
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_________ standards are put in place to protect publc welfare which is diminished by dmage to plants, animals, buildings, and agriculture, and by reduced visibility.
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Pollutants that are undesirable products of human activity (i.e., are caused by human activity) are called _____________ pollutants..
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_______ capital includes forests, oceans, mineral deposits and ecosystems that provide clean air and water.
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the discount rate appled to benefits received in the future to determine their present value should reflect the ____ __ ____ __________ (four words)
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There are six ________ air pollutants that EPA has identified as harmful to public health, welfare, or the environment and established national standards.
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pollutants that arise from a specific, identifiable location whch is unmoving are called __________ source.
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Freshwater that is located primarily in large aquifers beneath the Earth's surface is called __________
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______ ______ (two words) pollution is difficult to control because it does not arise from a specific, unmoving point.
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An _________ allows a source of pollution to emit a set amount of a pollutant.
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A _____ popularized by Garret Hardin that is associated with open-access use of the commons.
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Arthur _____ advocated this type of tax as a way to internalize external diseconomies.
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The acronym ITQs refers to __________ ____________ (two words) quotas.
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A pollution control program that requires uniform reductions or specific technology applications for all sources is termed a _______-and-control program.
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An investor who cares only about the expected value of the outcome is referred to as being ____ neutral.
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The environment has little or no absorptive capacity for _____ pollutants.
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Pollutants like light, noise, and heat or biodegradable litter are initially damaging, but are dissipated into environmental sinks with relative ease.
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a form of government where one individual has unlimited power, similar to a dictatorship.
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The ____ _____ (two words) of money principle states that it is preferable to receive a given amount of money sooner rather than later.
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The term for a land area that catches rain and snow, and drains it into surface water or water below the surface of the Earth.
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_______ standardds are designed to protect public health.
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The hydrologic _____ takes water down from the coulds as precipitation, to the Earth's surface, up through evaporation and back down as precipitation again.
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____ deposition refers to water with decreased Ph levels and is also commonly referred to as ____ rain.
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