Environmental Justice and Climate Change Knowledge Game

True or False: Humans are the dominant cause of climate change.

• True

• False

Which of the following are greenhouse gases, which trap heat in the earth's atmosphere? (Select four)

• Sulfur Hexafluoride

• Methane

• Nitrogen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Nitrous Oxide

True or False: Worldwide, 2020 was the warmest year on the record.

• True

• False

The Federal Government's Justice 40 initiative makes it a goal that:

• 40 percent of the US EPA budget Appropriation is allocated to programs for communities that are marginalized underserved and overburdened by water scarcity.

• 40 out of every 50 communities in the US have access to alternative (non-fossil fuel) electricity production.

• 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain Federal Investments flow to disadvantage communities that are marginalized, underserved and overburdened by pollution.

Which of the following is true about the EJ Screen Tool?

• Per US EPA policy, it is the only resource needed to determine the existence or absence of environmental justice concerns in a given location.

• It is commercially available tool that can be used to conduct a risk assessment for a given location.

• It is a screening tool that may help users identify overburdened areas with environmental justice concerns.

• None of the above.

Which Executive Order directed federal agencies to develop environmental justice strategies to help federal agencies address disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of their programs on minority and low-income populations?

• Executive Order 12898

• Executive Order 14008

• Executive Order 12345

As part of making Environmental Justice and Climate Change top priorities for all Region 6 programs, our Region will be evaluating the environmental impacts of the Energy Transition. What is the Energy Transition?

• Increasing the use of fossil-based systems of energy production and consumption to reduce energy prices.

• The rapid large-scale transformation of energy and transportation systems to low-carbon, renewable and energy efficient sources and technologies.

• The shift from fossil-based systems of energy production and consumption to renewable energy sources only within a 1-year period.

Executive Order 14096 addresses the need for a coordinated Federal strategy to identify and address gaps in science, data and research related to environmental justice in this Executive Order who is tasked to establish an Environmental Justice Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council?

• Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality Policy

• Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

• Secretary of the Interior

Which conference led to commitments of participating nations to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases?

• UNCED or Earth Summit

• International Commission on Climate Change

• The Kyoto Protocol

• Millennium Assessment.

Which of the following are some of the impacts that climate change may have on our health, environment, and economy?

• More frequent and intense heat waves.

• More frequent and intense extreme weather events, such as storms, floods and wildfires.

• Expanding range for plants and animal species in ways that upset the balance of natural ecosystems.

• Changes to the length of the growing season for plants in certain regions.

• All of the above.