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Lacey Act
Bans trafficking in fish, wildlife, or, or plants that are illegally taken -
World Bank
Provides loans and grants to low income countries to pursue capital projects -
Environmental Protection Agency
Agency tasked with handling environmental issues within the US -
Delaney clause of food, drug, and cosmetic act
prohibits the addition to the human food supply of any chemical that has caused cancer -
Clean air act
Defines EPA's responsibilities for protecting/improving the nations air quality and stratospheric ozone layer -
National environmental policy act
To ensure federal agencies consider the environmental impacts of their actions -
World Health Organization
Specialized agency of the UN responsible for international public health -
Occupational safety and health administration
Regulator agency that originally had federal powers to examine/inspect workplaces -
United Nations Environment Programme
Responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the united nations -
Clean air act
Establishes basic structure for regulating pollutant discharges -
Endangered Species Act
Allows petition to have species listed as endangered or threatened -
Safe drinking water act
Maintains chemical, biological, and physical integrity of navigable waters -
Convention on international trade in endangered species
Multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals -
Resource conservation and recovery act
Gives EPA authority to control hazardous waste from cradle to grave -
Surface mining and reclamation act
Provides policy/regulation of mining operations to minimize environmental impacts -
Department of Energy
Cabinet level department concerned with matter of federal energy policy and handling nuclear material -
comprehensive environmental response, compensation, liability act
Provides federal superfund to clean up abandoned hazardous waste sites and environmental emergencies -
Montreal Protocol
Protect stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out production of chemicals that hurt ozone -
Kyoto Protocol
Commits to transition to limit and reduce greenhouse gases emissions