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Combats trafficking of illegally taken wildlife, fish, or plants -
It provides technical and financial assistance to developing countries with the objectives of reducing poverty and promoting growth. -
It was dedicated to the improvement of human health by monitoring and assessing health trends and providing medical advice to countries. -
Requires the FDA to ban food additives which are found to cause or induce cancer in humans or animals as indicated by testing. -
Comprehensive federal law that regulates all sources of air emissions -
Oversees all governmental efforts related to the environment, including science, research assessment, and education. -
Responsible for the enforcement of health and safety regulations. -
UNEP uses its expertise to strengthen environmental standards and practices while helping implement environmental obligations at the country, regional, and global levels. -
Establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the US and regulating quality standards for surface waters -
The primary law in the United States for protected imperilled species. -
The principal federal law in the United States intended to ensure safe drinking water for the public. -
International agreement signed by 184 parties in 1973, designed to ensure that international trade in animals and plants does not threaten their survival in the wild. -
An executive department of the US federal government that oversees US national energy policy and manages the research and development of nuclear power and weapons in the US -
Gives EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from cradle to grave -
The primary federal law that regulates the environmental effects of coal mining in the US -
Provides a federal superfund to cleanup uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites as well as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutant and containments into the environment. -
A global agreement to protect the stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone depleting substances. -
An international treaty which extended the 1992 UN framework convection on climate change that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions