9698684425 | Lacey Act | Prohibits trade in wildlife fish and plants | 0 | |
9698684426 | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) | Treaty that lists species that cannot be hunted or traded | 1 | |
9698684427 | Marine Mammal Protection Act | Protects marine mammals | 2 | |
9698684428 | persistent organic pollutants | Designed to limit the use of pollutants created the dirty dozen | 3 | |
9698684429 | Food Quality Protection Act | 1996 sets pesticide limit on food and requires ingredients checked for endocrine effects | 4 | |
9698684430 | Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act | Regulates coal activities requires reclaiming land | 5 | |
9698684431 | Energy Policy Act | Provides incentives for energy sources within USA | 6 | |
9698684432 | Safe Water Drinking Act | Sets max contaminant level on pollutants in drinking water | 7 | |
9698684433 | Clean water act | Reduce surface water sets max of pollutants that can be discharged from water systems | 8 | |
9698684434 | Water Quality Act | Amendment to clean water act to address storm water runoff | 9 | |
9698684435 | Clean air act | Set emission standards for criteria pollutants | 10 | |
9698684436 | Montreal Protocol | (1987) phase-out of ozone depleting substances | 11 | |
9698684437 | Kyoto Protocol | controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries | 12 | |
9698684438 | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act | controls hazardous waste with a cradle to grave system | 13 | |
9698684439 | Superfund Act | Identifies superfund sites in order to clean up hazardous waste areas | 14 | |
9698684440 | Basel convention | Treaty designed to limit hazardous waste sent to developing countries | 15 | |
9698684441 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act | Established a national program for disposal of highly radioactive wastes | 16 | |
9698684442 | Paris Agreement | Agreement to reduce GHGs emissions by 2020 Cap and trade policies proposed 2016 | 17 |
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