What standards can local and national governments establish to improve the environment? Choose four correct answers.

Governments can improve the environment by setting recycling laws and building codes that encourage efficient use of resources. They can also require vehicles to meet auto-efficiency standards and offer tax credits for alternative energy sources. Tax credits for toxic dumping and tax deductions for high energy usage would reward harmful or wasteful practices, so they would not help improve the environment.

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