Which of the following is an example of the U.S.government's use of a "command and control" approach to reducing pollution?
A) In 1990 Congress approved measures designed to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions to 8.5 million tons annually by 2010.
B) The U.S. government imposed a tax on electric utilities to reduce damages from acid rain.
C) The government issued electric utilities tradable emissions allowances in other to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide.
D) In the 1980s the U.S. government required the installation of catalytic converters to reduce emissions from all new automobiles.

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The installation of catalytic converters was a command and control approach that required all new automobiles to have the technology installed, rather than offering incentives or letting the market decide on its own.

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