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Lacey Act ( US)
Combats trafficking at illegally taken wildlife, fish, and plants. -
World Bank
An international financial institution that provides loans and grants for the government of low and middle income countries. -
World Health Organization
A specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. -
Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act( US)
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Clean Air Act
Authorized the development of comprehensive federal and state regulations to limit emissions from both stationary( industrial) sources and mobile sources. -
Environmental Protection Agency ( US)
An agency that protects people and the environment from significant health risks, sponsors and conducts research. -
Occupational Safety and Health Administration( US)
An agency that assures safe and healthful working condition by setting and enforcing standards. -
United Nations Environment Programme
To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations. -
Clean Water Act( US)
Establishes a nationwide approach to improving the quality of the nation's lakes, rivers, streaks, and other water bodies. -
Endangered Species Act
Provides a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats both domestically and abroad. -
Safe Drinking Water Act
Set national standards to protect public drinking water and its sources against naturally occurring or human made contaminants -
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
Designed to ensure that international trade in animals and plants does not threaten their survival in the wild. -
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ( US)
Primary law governing the disposal of solid and hazardous waste. -
Surface Mining and Reclamation Act(US)
Making mine operators conduct their operations in a way that would avoid environmental and public health injury, and to restore the land after mining to its pre-mining condition. -
Department of Energy ( US)
To rationalized the organization and functions of government agencies related to energy. -
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act (US)
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. -
Montreal Protocol
U.N. treaty bans the release of harmful ozone-depleting chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs. -
Kyoto Protocol
Committing industrialized countries and economics in transition to limit and reduce greenhouse gases( GHG) emissions in accordance with agreed individual targets.