Question
The first female head of the Environmental Protection Agency had this surname and resigned over the Superfund program’s mismanagement. For 10 points each:
[10e] Give this surname to Anne, whose reinterpretation of the word “source” in the Clean Air Act necessitated the Supreme Court’s formation of “Chevron deference,” and her son Neil, a justice who voted to overturn that decision in a 2024 case.
ANSWER: Gorsuch [accept Anne Gorsuch; accept Neil Gorsuch]
[10h] Days before the 2024 Chevron ruling, the Court halted this EPA policy that required “upwind” states to monitor air pollution affecting “downwind” states.
ANSWER: Good Neighbor Plan [or Good Neighbor Rule]
[10m] This Senator was the only Democrat to sponsor the CARS act to push back on the EPA’s proposed tailpipe emission standards. This Senate Energy Committee chair has opposed all EPA nominees over Biden’s climate plan.
ANSWER: Joe Manchin [or Joseph Manchin III]
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Summary
2024 ARCADIA at BU | 2024-12-06 | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Duke | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
2024 ARCADIA Online | 2025-05-17 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Penn State | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 7 | 17.14 | 86% | 71% | 14% |
2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 50% | 75% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Claremont | 2024-11-02 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
Data
Missouri | WashU | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Squidward Community College | Truman | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |