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The Endangered Species Act of 1973 is administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 

The traditional role of state governments in environmental policymaking is to implement environmental policies by issuing environmental permits and by implementing all environmental enforcement actions, while the transformed role of states making progressive environmental policies at the state level is increasingly observed.  

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The Clean Power Plan was promulgated under the Obama administration to set CO2 emissions standards for the power and transportation sector but has not been fully implemented since the Affordable Clean Energy Rule repealed it. 

Policy scholars consider states as “new heroes of American Federalism” since certain states have taken the lead in improving environmental quality by adopting innovative policies. Provide two examples of environmental policy innovations, and discuss two weaknesses of state-driven environmental policymaking. Your answer should be more than 150 words but less than 200 words. 

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are one of the six criteria air pollutants designated under the 1970 Clean Air Act. 

According to Ch.1 in Vig el al. (2021), when did the US really get an “environmental policy”?

What aspects of the course content have you enjoyed so far? Do you have any suggestions for how the course could be improved? This question is for an extra 2 points.

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 was designed to regulate both solid wastes and hazardous wastes, creating the “cradle to grave concept” for hazardous wastes. 

What coefficient should be placed in front of CO in the balanced equation?