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Environmental Laws, Agencies, and Treaties - Sam Kline

  • Lacey Act

    Lacey Act

    This law prohibits illegally trafficking fish, wildlife, or plants from being transported or sold
  • World Bank

    World Bank

    This agency provides financing, advice and research to developing countries to fight poverty.
  • World Health Organization

    World Health Organization

    This agency promotes health by ensuring health coverage and protects people from health emergencies.
  • Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

    Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

    This law banned food additives that were tested and proven to cause cancer in animals or people.
  • National Environmental Policy Act

    National Environmental Policy Act

    This law requires federal agencies to give consideration to the environment before taking federal action
  • Environmental Protection Agency

    Environmental Protection Agency

    This agency protects the environment from pollution, pesticides, and other posed dangers.
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration

    Occupational Safety and Health Administration

    This agency ensures safe working conditions by providing education and training.
  • Clean Air Act

    Clean Air Act

    This law controls pollution, it defines the EPA’s responsibilities for air quality and ozone.
  • United Nations Environmental Program

    United Nations Environmental Program

    This agency develops international agreements to better manage the environment.
  • Clean Water Act

    Clean Water Act

    This law regulates pollutant discharges in water and gives the EPA authority to implement pollution control programs
  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

    Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

    This treaty protects endangered plants and animals by banning international trade that would threaten their survival.
  • Endangered Species Act

    Endangered Species Act

    This law conserves and preserves endangered and threatened species and their habitats.
  • Safe Drinking Water Act

    Safe Drinking Water Act

    This law protects drinking water and set drinking water quality so all drinking water is safe
  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    This law gave the EPA the ability to control hazardous waste from cradle to grave
  • Surface Mining and Reclamation Act

    Surface Mining and Reclamation Act

    This law banned surface coal mining within the boundaries of a national park
  • Department of Energy

    Department of Energy

    This agency handles issues concerned with the handling of nuclear material and ensuring it is safe.
  • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act

    Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act

    This law provides funds to hazardous waste sites that need to be cleaned up or they will harm the environment.
  • Montreal Protocol

    Montreal Protocol

    This treaty was designed to fix the ozone layer by phasing out the use of CFC’s
  • Kyoto Protocol

    Kyoto Protocol

    This treaty commited wealthy nations to limit and reduce greenhouse gasses, it failed due to nations not hitting their target.