AP Environmental Science › Economic Impacts
In the United States, which piece of federal legislation holds polluting companies and individuals financially accountable for environmental clean-up and restoration?
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980 established the Superfund for heavily polluted or contaminated sites. What is the source of revenue for Superfund cleanup projects?
Which of the following is the dominant source of the pollutant ?
Which of the following is a situation in which he individual would NOT be held responsible for cost of cleanup under CERCLA?
The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. Because it is shallow, only about 1% of pollutants make it out into the Atlantic.
Air pollutants account for nearly __________ of nitrogen pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay.