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The Lacey Act combats illegal trafficking of wildlife, fish, and plants. -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for the protection of human health and the environment. -
This assures safe and healthful working conditions by setting and enforcing standards, and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance. -
The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. -
An agency that connects nations, partners and people to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable – so everyone, everywhere can attain the highest level of health. -
A comprehensive Federal law that regulates all sources of air emissions. -
The Clean Water Act (CWA) establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters -
This act provides a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats both domestically and abroad. -
This was designed to ensure that international trade in animals and plants does not threaten their survival in the wild. -
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) gives EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from cradle to grave. -
This department ensures America's security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions. -
SMCRA is the primary federal law that regulates the environmental effects of coal mining in the United States. -
The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was established to protect the quality of drinking water in the U.S. -
CERCLA provides a Federal "Superfund" to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous-waste sites as well as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants and contaminants into the environment -
This law prohibits the addition to the human food supply of any chemical that had caused cancer in humans or animals. -
This is a global agreement to protect the stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances -
What is the Kyoto Protocol and why was it created?
The Kyoto Protocol was an international agreement that aimed to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and the presence of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere.