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Bans trafficking in fish, wildlife, or plants that are illegally taken, possessed, transported, or sold. -
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects
shortened. -
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. -
Requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban food additives which are found to cause or induce cancer in humans or animals as indicated by testing. -
Intended to reduce and control air pollution nationwide. -
Requires federal agencies to assess the environmental effects of their proposed actions prior to making decisions. -
The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters. -
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a large regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor that originally had federal visitorial powers to inspect and examine workplaces -
Establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters. -
Responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system. -
CITES is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals. -
Provides a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats both domestically and abroad. -
Established to protect the quality of drinking water in the U.S. -
Gives EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from cradle to grave. -
Prohibits surface coal mining within the boundaries of any unit of the National Park System. -
The United States Department of Energy is a cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with matters of federal energy policy and the safe handling of nuclear material. -
Provides a Federal "Superfund" to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous-waste sites as well as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants and contaminants into the environment. -
A global agreement to protect the stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances (ODS). -
An international treaty adopted in 1997 that aimed to reduce the emission of gasses that contribute to global warming.