The federal government’s record in deal with the climate change challenge can best be described as ______.

Despite the urging of the CDC, lawmakers have routinely shut down attempts to study ______ as a public health issue.

Up until 2007, most environmentalists dismissed talk about adaptation to climate change arguing that it was ______.

Medicaid is an entitlement program, which means that it provides all citizens with ______.

Which of the following groups of people is most likely to favor government action on climate change?

______ policing followed the theory that enforcement of minor violations would help make a community feel more secure and better policed.

Many experts agree that governments should focus on ______ to deal with the effects of climate change.

CHIP increased states’ flexibility with regard to administering health-care benefits.

______ has become a big buzzword for civic leaders who are looking for ways their communities can cope with and bounce back from environmental changes that are already widely evident.

States have sought to fill the vacuum left by the absence of federal leadership on an issue that state leaders themselves realize calls for a national set of solutions.