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Lacey Act(US)
The Lacey Act was put into place to protect plants and wildlife by creating punishments for breaking the rules put into place. -
World Bank
The Words Bank works to reduce poverty by lending money to governments of its poorest members to improve their economies. -
World Health Organization
WHO sets standards for disease control, healthcare, and medicines. -
Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act(US)
The Act was put into place to prevent the use of food additives that cause cancer. -
National Environmental Policy Act(US)
The law is in place in order to promote the healing of the environment -
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
CITES is an international agreement that is designed to ensure that international trade in animals and plants does not threatened their survival in the wild. -
Environmental Protection Agency (US)
The EPA protects people and the environment from significant health risks, sponsors and conducts research, and develops and enforces environmental regulations. -
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (US)
The OSHA assures safe and healthful working conditions by setting and enforcing standards, and by providing trading, outreach, education, and assistance. -
Clean Air Act (US)
The CAA as the law that protects and improves the nation's air quality and the stratospheric ozone layer. -
Clean Water Act(US)
The law allows the government to maintain the physical, biological, and chemical integrity of the nation's water. -
Endangered Species Act(US)
The nation's most effective law to protect species at risk of extinction. -
Safe Drinking Water Act(US)
A law is in place in order to make sure that the water is safe to drink. -
United Nations Environment Progamme
The UNEP strengthens environmental standards and practices while helping implement environmental obligations. -
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act(US)
The law allows the United States government to govern how toxic waste is disposed of. -
Surface Mining and Reclamation Act(US)
A federal law was put into place in order to regulate the environmental effects of coal mining. -
Department of Energy (US)
The DOE manages the unites States' nuclear infrastructure and administers the country's energy policy. -
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act (US)
CERCLA provides a federal superfund to clean up uncontrolled or abandon hazardous-waste sites as well as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants and contamination. -
Montreal Protocol
An international treaty was put into place in order to protect the degrading ozone layer. -
Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol, in short, pushes nations toward more green energy and waste production and a reduction in greenhouse gas production.