Answer:
D. Citizens analyze the actions and words of elected officials -> Officials are held to account when they misbehave.
Explanation:
An informed citizen can better hold officials accountable for their actions. They can raise issue thru media or even their own blogs today. A. also has merit in that citizens educate themselves on important issues, but that should help dictate plans politicians should take, not make politicians communicate plans easier. Also C. Citizens understand how to acquire information leads to citizens are more likely to know how to vote. If C. was slightly reworded then it may be best as in citizens educate themselves on important issues and this leads to citizens making more informed votes. Instead, C. just says citizens understand how to acquire info instead of educate on the issues, and then it says know how to vote (there is not one know how way to vote), but rather should have said make an informed vote.
Not in the “environmental “ concept, but they could in a work setting concept.
Example-clean drinking water for employees or air filtration at a plant—- yes
Water issues 70 miles away unrelated to their plant. No
B . Behind them : impaired means to have a disability of a specific kind so being behind them you watch them