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Legislation in the United States prohibits the unauthorized taking, possession, transportation, or sale of fish, wildlife, or plants. -
An international organization that gives poor countries with finance, assistance, and research to help them grow their economies -
An organization apart of the UN that is focused on keeping the world healthy and offering the highest level of health -
mandates the Food and Drug Administration to restrict food additives that have been shown through testing to cause or promote cancer in humans or animals. -
Prior to making any decisions, government agencies must evaluate the environmental consequences of their proposed actions. -
protects people and the environment from serious health dangers, funds and conducts research, and creates and enforces environmental rules -
The law that establishes the EPA's role in maintaining and enhancing the nation's air quality and the stratospheric ozone layer. -
sets and enforces standards, and provides training, outreach, information, and support to ensure safe and healthy working conditions. -
Ensuring that international commerce in animals and plants does not endanger their natural existence -
The leading authority in the united nations making sure all countries follow environmental laws -
The Clean Water Act is the primary federal law addressing water pollution in the United States. Its goal is to restore and sustain the nation's water's chemical, physical, and biological integrity. -
obligates federal and state governments to safeguard all vulnerable or endangered species found inside the United States and its surrounding territories. -
The act was created to protect the quality of drinking water in the United States. Protects pollutants from entering the U.S water supply -
provides the EPA power over hazardous waste from cradle to grave -
Surface coal mining is banned inside the borders of any National Park System unit. -
Supervises the nuclear infrastructure of the United States and oversees the country's energy policy -
A Federal "Superfund" to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous-waste sites, as well as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants and toxins into the environment -
The Montreal Protocol is an international pact aimed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the manufacture of various ozone-depleting chemicals. -
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is operationalized by committing industrialized countries and economies in transition to restrict and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with agreed-upon individual targets.