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Environmental Laws, Agencies, and Treaties- Lucas Fuimano

  • Lacey Act

    Lacey Act
    the Lacey Act combats trafficking of illegally taken wildlife, fish, or plants.
  • World Bank

    World Bank
    It provides low-interest loans, zero to low-interest credits, and grants to developing countries
  • World Health Organization

    World Health Organization
    It works worldwide to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable.
  • Clean Air Act

    Clean Air Act
    It is a comprehensive Federal law that regulates all sources of air emissions.
  • Environmental Protection Agency

    Environmental Protection Agency
    Environmental Protection Agency protects the environment and public health by ensuring compliance with environmental laws.
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration

    Occupational Safety and Health Administration
    It assures safe and healthful working conditions by setting and enforcing standards, and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.
  • United Nations Environment Programme

    United Nations Environment Programme
    It tries to eradicate poverty while protecting the planet
  • Clean Water Act

    Clean Water Act
    The Clean Water Act establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters.
  • Endangered Species Act

    Endangered Species Act
    It provides a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats both domestically and abroad.
  • Safe Drinking Water Act

    Safe Drinking Water Act
    It protect our drinking water.
  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
    The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act gives EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from cradle to grave.
  • Surface Mining and Reclamation Act

    Surface Mining and Reclamation Act
    The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act prohibits surface coal mining within the boundaries of any unit of the National Park System.
  • Department of Energy

    Department of Energy
    It manages the United States' nuclear infrastructure and administers the country's energy policy.
  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

    Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
    It was designed to ensure that international trade in animals and plants does not threaten their survival in the wild.
  • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act

    Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act
    It regulate hazardous substances, to respond to releases of hazardous substance, and to develop long-term solutions for the nation's most serious hazardous waste problems.
  • Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

    Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
    It bans food additives which are found to cause or induce cancer in humans or animals as indicated by testing.
  • Montreal Protocol

    Montreal Protocol
    The Montreal Protocol is a global agreement to protect the stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances.
  • Kyoto Protocol

    Kyoto Protocol
    It operationalizes the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by committing industrialized countries and economies in transition to limit and reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions in accordance with agreed individual targets.