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Clean Air Act
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Set emission standards for cars, and limits for release of air pollutants.
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Clean Water Act
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Set maximum permissible amounts of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterways. Aim to make surface waters swimmable and fishable.
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Act
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Superfund, designed to identify and clean up abandoned hazardous waste dump sites.
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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species:(CITES)
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Lists species that cannot be commercially traded as live specimens or wildlife products.
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Endangered Species Act (1995 ammend)
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Identifies threatened and endangered species in the US, and puts their protection ahead of economic considerations.
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Enviromental Protection Agency
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Covers air and water pollution, noise, pesticides, solid waste, radiation and toxic substances.
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Food Quality Protection Act
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Set pesticide limits in food, & all active and inactive ingredients must be screened for estrogen/endocrine effects.
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Kyoto Protocol (1997)
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Controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries.
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Madrid Protocol
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Moratorium on mineral exploration for 50 years in Antarctica.
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Magnuson- Stevens Act
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Management of marine fisheries.
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Montreal Protocol (1987)
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Phase out of ozone depleting substances (CFC"S).
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National Environmental Policy Act
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Environmental Impact Statements must be done before any project affecting federal lands can be started.
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National Environmental Policy Act (1969)
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A statement must be prepared for a federal project describing its impact on the environment.
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Nuclear Waste Policy Act
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US government must develop a high level nuclear waste site (Yucca Mountain).
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Ocean Dumping Ban Act
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Bans ocean dumping of sewage sludge & industrial waste in the ocean.
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Resource Conservation & Recovery Act
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Controls hazardous waste with a cradle to grave system.
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Safe Drinking Water Act (1996 amend)
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Set maximum contaminant levels for pollutants in drinking water that may have adverse effects on human health.
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Surface Mining Control & Reclamation Act
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Requires coal strip mines to reclaim the land.
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Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants:
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Seeks to protect human health from the 12 most toxic chemicals (includes 8 chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides / DDT can be used for malaria control).
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Superfund (1980)
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Law passes to clean up abandoned toxic waste dumps .
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