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They support the transition away from fossil fuels.
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They help nations improve environmental health risks like unsafe water and poor sanitation.
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It prohibits adding chemicals that caused cancer in humans or animals to human food, drugs, or cosmetics.
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It requires federal agencies to assess the environmental damage of proposed actions before people make the decisions.
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It protects people and the environment from health risks by conducting research and enforcing environmental regulations.
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States what the EPA has to do to protect and improve air quality and the ozone layer.
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They prevent future environmental accidents through education.
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They plan responses to environmental issues for nations part of the UN.
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It established the structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into US waters.
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It protects animals and plants from international trade to save them in the wild.
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It created a plan to conserve and protect endangered/threatened species and their habitats domestically and abroad.
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It protects the quality of drinking water in the US
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It controls the disposal of solid and hazardous waste.
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It regulates the environmental effects of coal mining.
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They support sustainability programs and safe handling of nuclear energy.
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Helps clean up areas with hazardous waste through funding and forcing companies to be liable for the area.
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It was designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of many substances that are the cause of ozone depletion in the stratosphere.
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It protects plants and animals by creating criminal penalties for those who violate environmental rules and regulations.
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It was a UN plan on climate change by making industrialized nations reduce greenhouse gas emmitons.