Question

What is one downside to environmental-protection laws?
A. They reduce government revenue
O O O
O B. They involve more censorship
C. They destroy productive resources
O D. They increase unemployment​

Answer 1

Correct answer is D because as companies have to follow environmental protection laws they have to spend more money to ensure they are following the laws. This loss of money would lead to a loss of profit and to regain that lost profit the business would have to fire some employees to reduce their costs and thus regain their lost profit.

Answer 2

The laws which are created to protect the environment are known as environmental protection laws. It includes water law, soil protection law, pollution control law, chemical law, etc.

Examples of environment protection laws:  

• Chemical Safety Information, Site Security, and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act.

• Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act.

• Atomic Energy Act (AEA)

• Clean Water Act (CWA) (original title: Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972)

The first environment protection law was created in 1969. The Environmental Protection Agency is the agency that deals with environmental protection matters.

Companies have to comply with the various environmental protection laws. Laws created to control pollution lead to a slight reduction in productivity and employment especially in energy and pollution-intensive sectors during the transition period when the companies shift from polluting activities towards cleaner and less polluting ways of production.

So, D is the correct answer

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