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 Identify an environmental amenity from the following list:
• Clean air
• Earth’s climate
• Ocean health
• Wilderness areas
• Endangered species
• Clean drinking water
• Old growth forestsLook at Figure 1.1 in Chapter One of
Environmental Policies
. Identifythe different values associated with that amenity. Then, identify apolicy tension between the amenity that you choose and a threat tothat amenity. For example, clean air is threatened by economicinterests that pollute the air (e.g., industries that do not use“green” technology when emitting pollution, automobiles, large-scale confined feeding animal operations, etc.); wilderness areasare threatened by gas and oil interests, pressures to build roads inroadless areas, etc.Also, discuss the ways that different worldviews (e.g.,biocentricism, anthropocentrism) play into the controversy

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