Environmental policies such as the Clean Air Act, Water Pollution Control Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, and Toxic Substances Control Act (and others) tended to emphasize which policy tool?

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The environmental policies mentioned in the question tend to emphasize the use of command and control regulation, which is a traditional regulatory approach based on imposing rules and limits on polluting activities, setting standards, and using enforcement mechanisms to ensure compliance with these standards. This approach relies on government intervention and is often criticized for being inflexible and inefficient, but it has been the dominant policy tool for environmental protection for decades. None of the other options (privatization, subsidies, market incentives) corresponds to the emphasis of these policies.

Environmental Policies Such as the Clean Air Act, Water Pollution