Nature

Environmental Legislature

By kaleyc
  • Lacey Act

    Lacey Act

    This act stopped endangered species hunting. It also stopped the harvesting of endangered plants.
  • Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)

    Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)

    This act ensured food,drug, and cosmetic safety and regulation.
  • Clean Air Act (CAA)

    Clean Air Act (CAA)

    This act ensured air and atmosphere safety. It is enforced by the EPA.
  • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

    National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

    This act requires goverments and policy makers integrate environmental values into their decision making process, to think of impacts, and to think of safe alternatives.

  • Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)

    This act helps prevents injuries to workers and protects them from health hazards.
  • Declaration of the Conference on the Human and Environment (Stockholm Declaration)

    Declaration of the Conference on the Human and Environment (Stockholm Declaration)

    This act is to ensure sustainability for now and the future generations.

  • Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

    This act ensured pesticide regulation and safety. This act also required labeling. This act is regulated by the EPA.
  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)

    Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)

    This act banned the trade of endangered species.
  • Endangered Species Act (ESA)

    Endangered Species Act (ESA)

    This act protects endangered species.
  • Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

    Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

    This act ensures quality of drinking water.

  • Toxic Substance Control Act

    This act controls and regulates chemical substances. It requires labeling and is regulated by the EPA.
  • Clean Water Act (CWA)

    Clean Water Act (CWA)

    This act ensures clean and safe water and regulation.
  • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)

    Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)

    This act ensures and regulates hazardoud waste disposal.
  • Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) (Law of the Sea Convention)

    Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) (Law of the Sea Convention)

    This act ensures safety, regulation, and protection of the oceans.
  • Convention of Ozone Depletion and the Montreal Protocol

    Convention of Ozone Depletion and the Montreal Protocol

    This act regulates and limits production of substances that hurt the ozone layer.
  • Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA)

    Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA)

    This act ensures communities receive important information and procedures/planning.
  • Oil Pollution Act (OPA)

    Oil Pollution Act (OPA)

    This act prevents oil spills and requires plans for cleaning oil spills.
  • Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)

    Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)

    This act ensured pesticides met safety and health standards for food.
  • Convention of Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol

    Convention of Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol

    This act limits the emmisions of green house gases by assigning permits to factories and places that emit these gases.