Question: Norway (an oil state) is divesting its $1 trillion wealth fund from oil and gas companies. Why? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: The Environmental Protection Agency and the Mining Industry
Question: What key change has the Trump administration’s EPA made in regulating the toxic waste coming from mining operations? What is the impact on the health and safety of the people living in Montana, California, Colorado, Oklahoma, and other states?
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Environmental Protection
Question: What do the environmental protections listed on the right have in common? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: Of all the things that concern decent people, the aggressive destruction of the environment should be at or …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Turkey
Question: Which of the following are true about Turkey? a) Its human rights record (oppression, torture, disappearances, etc.) is among the worst in the world.
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Sea-Level Rise
Question: According to the National Academy of Sciences, which end of the antarctic (east or west), previously thought to be fairly stable, is now reported to be losing ice mass. This represents almost 40% of the total loss on the continent …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Sustainable Cities
Question: What city (pictured here) won first prize this year in the Global Destination Sustainability Index (for the third consecutive time)? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Electric Transportation
Question: By what percentage did EV sales grow in the U.S. last year (2018, over 2017)? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) with Public Transportation
Question: What country just became the world’s first to reduce VMT with free public transportation?
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: EPA on Obama-Era Mercury Emissions from Coal Plants
Question: What are the three most dangerous effects to human health that derive from ingesting/inhaling the mercury that gets into the food supply and atmosphere from coal plant emissions?
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Plastic in the Ocean
Question: Which major beer brand just announced its switch to a 100% biodegradable substance, made from a mix of by-product waste and compostable materials, to form the rings that hold six-packs together?
