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Clean Air Act: set emission standards for cars, and limits for release of air pollutants
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Clean Water Act: set maximum contaminant levels for pollutants that can be discharged into waterways... aim to make surface waters swimmable and fishable
3.
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Act: Superfund, designed to identify and clean up abandoned hazardous waste dump sites
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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species: list species that cannot be commercially traded as live specimens or wildlife products
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Endangered Species Act: identifies threatened and endangered species in the US, and puts their protection ahead of economic considerations
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Food Quality Protection Act: set pesticide limits in food, and all active and inactive ingredients must be screened for estrogen/endocrine effects
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Kyoto Protocol: controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries
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Madrid Protocol: Moratorium on mineral exploration for 50 years in Antarctica
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Magnuson-Stevens Act: management of marine fisheries
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Montreal Protocol: phaseout of ozone depleting substances
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National Environmental Policy Act: Environmental Impact Statements must be done before any project affecting federal lands can be started
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Nuclear Waste Policy Act: US government must develop a high level nuclear wast site (Yucca Mt)
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Ocean Dumping Ban Act: bans ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste in the ocean
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Resource Conservation & Recovery Act: controls hazardous waste with a cradle to grave system
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Safe Drinking Water Act: set maximum contaminant levels for pollutants in drinking water that may have adverse effects on human health
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Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants: 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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Surface Mining Control & Reclamation Act: requires coal strip mines to reclaim the land