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The Clean Air Act
The clean air act was designed to control air pollution on a national level. It is one of the United States' first and most influential modern environmental laws, and one of the most comprehensive air quality laws in the world. the smog deaths in 1948 was a factor that led to the clean air act. -
National Environmental Policy Act
was one of the first laws ever written that establishes the broad national framework for protecting our environment. NEPA's basic policy is to assure that all branches of government give proper consideration to the environment prior to undertaking any major federal action that significantly affects the environment. -
STOCKHOLM DECLARATION
Is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants. was adopted June 16, 1972 by the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment at the 21st plenary meeting as the first document in international environmental law to recognize the right to a healthy environment.it is an international legislation. -
Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
this protection is an international legislation that comes from the result the antarctic treaty system. the environmental protection to the antarctic treaty. it provides comprehensive protection to the antarctic environment and dependent, associated ecosystems. -
KYOTO PROTOCOL
an international treaty which extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that commits State Parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the premise that (a) global warming exists and (b) human-made CO2 emissions have caused it. the events that led to it or when the government first started addressing the issues of environmental needs was when they gathered for the Stockholm declaration in 1972 to take part in the UN Conference on Human Environment.
