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Lacey Act
A conservation law in the U.S. that prohibits trade in wildlife, fish, and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed, transported, or sold. -
World Bank
An international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low and middle income countries. -
World Health Organization
A specialized agency of the UN responsible for international public health. -
Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
Requires the FDA to ban food additives, which are found to cause or induce cancer in humans or animals as indicated by testing. -
National Environmental Policy Act
NEPA requires federal agencies to assess the environmental effects of their proposed actions prior to making decisions. -
Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA is an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government tasked with environmental protection matters. -
Clean Air Act
The law that defines EPA's responsibilities for protecting and improving the nation's air quality and the stratosphere's ozone layer. -
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The OSHA assures safe and healthful working conditions by setting and enforcing conditions and by providing assistance. -
United Nations Environment Program
Responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system -
Clean Water Act
The CWA established the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the U.S. and regulating the quality standards for surface waters. -
Endangered Species Act
ESA provides a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats both domestically and abroad. -
Safe Drinking Water Act
Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, the EPA sets the standards for drinking water quality to ensure safe water for the public. -
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
A multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals. -
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
The principal federal law in the U.S. governing the disposal of solid waste and hazardous waste. Gives EPA authority to control hazardous waste from cradle to grave. -
Surface Mining and Reclamation Act
The primary federal law that regulates the environmental effects of coal mining in the U.S. -
Department of Energy
A cabinet level department of the U.S. government concerned with matters of federal energy policy and the safe handling of nuclear material. -
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act
Also known as Superfund established the federal Superfund program, administered by the EPA. -
Montreal Protocol
An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion. -
Kyoto Protocol
An international treaty which extended the 1992 UN framework convention that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.