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Lacey Act
Protects both plants and animals by instituting civil and criminal penalties for their destruction of them. -
World Bank
An international development organization owned by 187 countries, its role is to reduce poverty. -
World Health Organization
Sets standards for disease control, health care, and medicines. -
Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
Responsible for concerns of new food additives. -
National Environmental Policy Act (US)
Environmental law that promotes the enhancement of the environment and established the president's council of environmental quality. -
Environmental Protection Agency (US)
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)
Ensures safe and healthful working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards, and by providing training, education, and assistance. -
Clean Air Act (US)
The law defines the EPA's responsibilities for protecting and improving the nation's air quality and the stratospheric ozone layer. -
United Nations Environment Programme
Global Authority that sets the environmental agenda and provides leadership and encourages partnership in caring for the environment. -
Clean Water Act (US)
Its objective is to restore the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation. -
Endangered Species Act
The primary law in the United States protects imperiled species. -
Safe Drinking Water Act (US)
Principle federal law in the US intended to ensure safe drinking water for the public. -
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
An international agreement designed to ensure that international trade in animals and plants does not threaten their survival in the world. -
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
The principle law in the US governs the disposal of hazardous and solid waste. -
Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (US)
Regulates the effects of coal mining in the US. -
Department of Energy (US)
Manages the U.S. nuclear infrastructure and administers the country's energy policy. -
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act (US)
Provides a federal "superfund" to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites. -
Montreal Protocol
An international treaty designed to protect the ozone by phasing out numerous substances that are harmful to the ozone. -
Kyoto Protocol
An international treaty that extends the framework for the 1992 climate convention that commits states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere.