Environmental Science, 10th Edition (Cunningham)

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Overview: Love Canal, NY, p. 490

The location of this site is not random. Love Canal was a neighborhood of Niagara Falls, NY, part of the region around Buffalo, NY, that was one of the first large industrial cities of the twentieth century. The area's early development was based largely on the cheap electricity from nearby Niagara Falls. In part because the chemicals developed and used in the area were newly developed, legal requirements for proper waste management had not yet been established when the Love Canal contamination began.

1			Why are there streets but no houses in the blocks around the green space?
			A)	The developer ran out of money before building houses.
			B)	Potential homebuyers were turned off by the "scorched earth" landscaping style.
			C)	Homes were not built because the federal government blocked the necessary permits.
			D)	The houses were torn down at the Love Canal site after the families were moved out.
			E)	Love Canal was the site of a devastating tornado strike in the early 1970s.
2			What important environmental legislation followed from the citizen protests around Love Canal?
			A)	The Muzzle Citizen Protesters Act (MCPA) was thankfully not passed.
			B)	The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) was passed in response to Love Canal and similar problems.
			C)	The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was passed.
			D)	The Considerate Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) was passed.