To avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the IPCC is recommended that action focuses on limiting global warming to
Answer: 2 C above preindustrial levels
Social Sciences
- In the future, electric markets will restructure to eliminate monopolies that exist in various service territories. This is because
- Jimmy Carter's 1977 environmental policy promoted the use of these sources of energy EXCEPT
- After chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were invented in 1930, which was their most common use in addition to the home refrigerator?
- M. King Hubbert is notable for having created the Hubbert Peak Theory, which says that the production in any region
- In addition to interest-free bonds for businesses to construct wind turbine turbines, private owners are eligible for a tax credit to offset costs. This tax credit, awarded for every kilowatt per hour (kWh) generated, is currently
- Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is very common in drilling except in
- The first use of wind power for the generation of electricity took place in this country in 1890.
- The Environmental Protection Agency, established by Richard Nixon in 1970, currently has an annual budget of approximately how much?
- Wave power in another potential sustainable energy-generating technology. However, it has one major flaw, which is what?
- George Westinghouse won the contract to produce a viable, long-distance electrical distribution system at which famous tourist site?
- Coined by William Gilbert in 1600, "electric" is derived from the Greek word for
- Although debated by historians, one of the earliest reported uses of electricity was by the Mesopotamians, who used it for
- The Environmental Defense Fund operates with all of the following purposes EXCEPT
- The Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards set by the EPCA required that by 1985 passenger cars had to be able to travel how many miles per gallon?
- Scientists from what country discovered the hole in the ozone in 1985?
- The ozone hole above Antarctica caused by excess GHGs is measured by examining the reduction in the total column ozone at a point along the earth's surface. The unit of measure used to express this is called the
- According to utility company estimates of American hourly electricity usage in office buildings, which of the following consumes the most kilowatts (kW) on a 24-hour scale?
- The UNFCCC Annex I and Annex II countries must bear the burden and cost of emission reduction while developing countries are excused. Under these guidelines, what high-emission country is NOT required to reduce its output?
- The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) official duties include all of the following responsibilities EXCEPT
- The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 required all of the following EXCEPT
- In 2002, this state mandated a 22% reduction in tailpipe GHG emissions for new vehicles and in 2006 mandated a 25% reduction of CO2 by 2020.
- Despite its near-death in the U.S. due to the Three-Mile Island disaster, nuclear power experienced a come-back during this presidential administration.
- The Endangered Species Act, passed in 1973, classifies animals by the size of their living populations in the following ways EXCEPT
- Geothermal energy is underutilized for many reasons, except.
- If a rock is able to produce hydrocarbons, it is called a(n)