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Protects both plants and animals by instituting civil and criminal penalties for their destruction of them. -
An international development organization owned by 187 countries, its role is to reduce poverty. -
Sets standards for disease control, health care, and medicines. -
Responsible for concerns of new food additives. -
Environmental law that promotes the enhancement of the environment and established the president's council of environmental quality. -
Protects people and the environment from significant health risks, sponsors and conducts research, and develops and enforces environmental regulations. -
Ensures safe and healthful working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards, and by providing training, education, and assistance. -
The law defines the EPA's responsibilities for protecting and improving the nation's air quality and the stratospheric ozone layer. -
Global Authority that sets the environmental agenda and provides leadership and encourages partnership in caring for the environment. -
Its objective is to restore the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation. -
The primary law in the United States protects imperiled species. -
Principle federal law in the US intended to ensure safe drinking water for the public. -
An international agreement designed to ensure that international trade in animals and plants does not threaten their survival in the world. -
The principle law in the US governs the disposal of hazardous and solid waste. -
Regulates the effects of coal mining in the US. -
Manages the U.S. nuclear infrastructure and administers the country's energy policy. -
Provides a federal "superfund" to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites. -
An international treaty designed to protect the ozone by phasing out numerous substances that are harmful to the ozone. -
An international treaty that extends the framework for the 1992 climate convention that commits states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere.