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Environmental Laws, Agencies, and Treaties - Kate-Lyn Jones and Jaden Daniel

  • World Bank

    World Bank

    They help developing nations achieve sustainable growth.
  • World Health Organization

    World Health Organization

    As a UN agency, they work to promote good health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable.
  • National Environmental Policy Act (US)

    National Environmental Policy Act (US)

    It requires federal agencies to assess the environmental effects of their proposed actions prior to making decisions.
  • Environmental Protection Agency (US)

    Environmental Protection Agency (US)

    They are a federal agency that protects human and environmental health. `
  • Clean Air Act (US)

    Clean Air Act (US)

    This federal law regulates all sources of air emissions.
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration(US)

    Occupational Safety and Health Administration(US)

    They assure safe and healthful working conditions.
  • United Nations Environmental Programme

    United Nations Environmental Programme

    This agency works to strengthen environmental standards while implementing obligations at different levels.
  • Clean Water Act

    Clean Water Act

    This is the basic structure of regulating the discharge of pollutants into water.
  • Safe Drinking Water Act (US)

    Safe Drinking Water Act (US)

    Standards were set to control the quality of drinking water.
  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

    Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

    It aims to ensure that the international trade of organisms does not endanger them.
  • Endangered Species Act (US)

    Endangered Species Act (US)

    This law is a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species.
  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (US)

    Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (US)

    It gave the EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from cradle to grave.
  • Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (US)

    Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (US)

    This prohibits surface coal mining within the boundaries of any unit of the National Park system.
  • Department of Energy (US)

    Department of Energy (US)

    They are responsible for advancing the energy, environmental, and nuclear security of the US.
  • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act (US)

    Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act (US)

    This law provides a federal superfund to clean up hazardous waste sites.
  • Montreal Protocol

    Montreal Protocol

    This phases out the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances.
  • Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (US)

    Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (US)

    This requires the FDA ban food additives that are found to cause or induce cancer in humans or animals as indicated by testing,
  • Lacey Act (US)

    Lacey Act (US)

    This act bans trafficking in fish, wildlife, or plants that are illegally taken, possessed, transported or sold.
  • Kyoto Protocol

    Kyoto Protocol

    This makes industrialized countries and economies transition to limit and reduce greenhouse gases.