Polluting facilities are located where they are because, in part, they are taking market factors into consideration.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 2The Guardian Council
a. acts as the judiciary for Iran's government.
b. resolves differences between the President and the Leader.
c. reviews all candidates for elected office.
d. resolves differences between the Assembly of Experts and the Majles.
e. nominates and removes the chief judge, the chief prosecutor, and the revolutionary tribunals.
Q. 3The concept of environmental justice refers to allegations that poor and minority communities suffer disproportionate exposure to environmental health risks.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 4Which of the following is NOT a power of the Leader?
a. He can mediate between the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary.
b. He chooses the president.
c. He is commander-in-chief.
d. He has extensive appointment and removal powers over the judiciary.
e. He can nominate clerics to the Guardian Council.
Q. 5The Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980 made states responsible for managing low-level waste and led to the formation of a number of interstate compacts among the states to manage the waste.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 6The Leader is chosen by the
a. general electorate.
b. Assembly of Experts.
c. Guardian Council.
d. Expediency Council.
e. Majles.
Q. 7Until 2009, the federal government planned to bury high-level nuclear waste, which retains its toxicity for hundreds of thousands of years, at an isolated spot 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas known as Yucca Mountain. Despite a campaign promise to halt Yucca Mountain, President Obama has gone forward with that project with the approval of Congress.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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