According to the workbook, high economic growth rates among NICs are strongly correlated with

Which of the following is true about environmental regulation?

A. In the early 1970s, pressure on the federal government to develop and implement national environmental standards decreased. B. One area in which states are increasingly responsible for environmental policy is waste management. C. State and local policies do not cover toxic sites that do not qualify as Superfund sites. D. Economically hard-pressed states have regulated waste management less aggressively than states whose economies are growing. E. An area in which states are losing interest is energy use and sustainability.

The phrase power vertical refers to the idea that

a. a single party or party bloc should dominate politics. b. there should exist an integrated and hierarchal structure of executive power ranging from the national to the local level. c. political power should flow upward from "the people.". d. federal officials should be free to interfere with regional politics. e. regional governments should have some say in the making of federal policy and the federal government should have some say in the making of regional policy.