1. “Eco-Socialism” has characterized the merging of environmental and socialist movements over the last 75 years. “Eco-Socialism” stands for

a. policies to live within nature and sustain biodiversity.
b. policies that focus on social justice by concentrating on working class and minority communities which have suffered the most environmental devastation.
c. public ownership of natural resources and their use to preserve and improve the environment rather than private profit.
d. all of the above.

2. A work that helped to ignite the environmental movement of the 1960s was

a. Joseph Heller’s Catch-22.
b David Riesman’s The Lonely Crowd.
c. Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.
d. John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Affluent Society.

3. The first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, saw 22 million people participate in rallies, marches, and educational programs to raise awareness about environmental issues across the U.S., and

a. the founding of the Sierra Club.
b. the founding of the National Audubon Society.
c. the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency.
d. the establishment of Yosemite National Park.

4. The use of fossil fuels, especially by the military,

a.is a major reason for global warming, climate change, and pollution of the environment.
b. is necessary for economic development.
c. has negligible effect on the environment.
d. can be made safe by corporate self-regulation.

5. The CPUSA environmental policy calls for

a. the elimination of gas driven automobiles as the solution to the environmental crisis.
b. a return to a coal-based energy policy as a solution to the environmental crisis.
c. massive reduction of the military budget which, through its use of fuel and chemicals, is the largest contributor to the global environmental crisis, and the shift of funds to create renewable energy systems and an infrastructure which is safe for the environment.
d. waiting for the climate change and the environmental crisis to spark a socialist revolution.

6. Over the last year the Trump administration has

a. denied climate change and packed the Department of Energy with representatives and former lobbyists for the fossil fuel and chemical industries.
b. repealed or sharply reduced restrictions, in place since the early 20th century, limiting private mining and drilling for fossil fuels, as well as opening up public lands to drilling.
c. blocked billions of dollars in federal funding for clean energy projects and sought to force states to end their clean energy policies.
d. all of the above.

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