With a full paragraph answer the following
How has the ubiquitous (found everywhere, universal) nature of automobiles changed the US?
Do you feel these changes are, on balance, positive or negative?
What should the future look like regarding automobile use in the US? How can this be accomplished?
The safety and desirability of nuclear power is an ongoing debate in environmental science.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power?
Based on what you read in the book and any research you have done, do you support the use of nuclear power?
Would you live in a town or city that has a nuclear power plant? Why or Why not?
orests are home to a great deal of terrestrial biodiversity. The 1960 Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act promotes forests for both economic use and recreation use. Different users have different views on how forests should be consumed for either economic benefit or for recreation enjoyment of the public. These different views may be in conflict; for example, hunting and fishing activities may conflict with grazing rights advocates.
How can the 1960 Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act either promote biodiversity or impact biodiversity?
Which activities may offer more protections for wildlife and habitat conservation?
Which activities threaten biodiversity?
Did you know that the government can seize private land for public use under the concept of Eminent Domain (U.S. Constitution, 5th Amendment)?
Internet search your state name(state of michigan) and ’eminent domain’ to discover whether your state has exercised Eminent Domain and seized private property. If your state has not used Eminent Domain to seize private property, locate a different example from another state.
Where and why did this use of Eminent Domain occur? What state-planning legislation promoted the seizure (ex. Table 12.1)?
How did this seizure change land use, and what environmental problems were solved or created because of the land seizure?
