The state of California, often considered a hearth of environmental laws, will be the first state to ban plastic straws. Which of the following statements best describes the likely spread of this environmental practice? a

This practice will likely spread via social media and stimulus diffusion when other states enact identical laws banning plastic straws.

b

This practice will likely spread via hierarchical diffusion when the president of the United States signs an executive order banning plastic straws in all states.

c

As regional news organizations report on the ban, this practice will likely spread through contagious diffusion only to western states adjacent to California.

d

Similar environmental laws will likely spread through stimulus diffusion to other states via political activism.

e

Strong lobbying by the plastics industry will likely curtail the diffusion of the ban, and this practice will be limited to California.