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Environmental Laws, Agencies, and Treaties-Olivia Ceglia

  • Lacey Act

    Lacey Act

    The law bans trafficking in fish, wildlife, or plants, that are illegally taken, possessed, transported, or sold
  • World Bank

    World Bank

    World Bank reduces poverty by lending money to governments of its more poor members to improve their economies.
  • World Health Organization

    World Health Organization

    WHO promotes health, keeps the world safe, and serves the vulnerable.
  • Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

    Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

    The law prohibits the addition to the human food supply of any chemical that has caused cancer in humans or animals.
  • Clean Air Act

    Clean Air Act

    The Clean Air Act establishes federal standards for mobile sources of air pollution and their fuels, and for sources of 187 hazardous air pollutants.
  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    RCRA gives the EPA authority to control hazardous waste from cradle to grave.
  • National Environmental Policy Act

    National Environmental Policy Act

    The act requires federal agencies to assess the environmental effects of their proposed actions prior to making decisions.
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration

    Occupational Safety and Health Administration

    OSHA assures safe and healthful working conditions by setting and enforcing standards, and by providing training, outreach, education, and assistance.
  • United Nations Environment Progamme

    United Nations Environment Progamme

    UNEP provides leadership and encourages partnership in caring for the environment to improve quality of life without compromising future generations.
  • Environmental Protection Agency

    Environmental Protection Agency

    The EPA protects people and the environment from significant health risks, sponsors and conducts research, and develops and enforces environmental regulations.
  • Clean Water Act

    Clean Water Act

    CWA aims to prevent, reduce, and eliminate pollution in the nation's water in order to '' restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of nation's waters''.
  • Endangered Species Act

    Endangered Species Act

    The law allows individuals and organizations to petition to have a species listed as endangered or threatened.
  • Safe Drinking Water Act

    Safe Drinking Water Act

    The law was established to protect the quality of drinking water in the US
  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

    Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

    They ensure that international trade in plants and animals doesn't threaten survival in the wild.
  • Surface Mining and Reclamation Act

    Surface Mining and Reclamation Act

    The act prohibits surface mining within the boundaries of any unit of the National Park System.
  • Department of Energy

    Department of Energy

    Department of Energy manages the US's nuclear infrastructure and administers the country's energy policy.
  • Kyoto Protocol

    Kyoto Protocol

    The treaty operationalizes the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change by committing industrialized countries and economies in transition to limit greenhouse gas emissions
  • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act

    Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act

    CERCLA gives the federal government the power to tax chemical petroleum companies found responsible for releasing hazardous waste into unregulated areas.
  • Montreal Protocol

    Montreal Protocol

    The treaty is a global agreement to protect the stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone ozone-depleting substances