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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1970 | Clean Air Act (CAA) |
| Clean Air Act (CAA) | regulates air emissions authorizes EPA to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards protect public health and public welfare |
| CAA solutions | Created to help protect public health and welfare from different types of pollution caused by a diverse array of pollution sources |
| 1972 | Clean Water Act (CWA) |
| Clean Water Act (CWA) | regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the USA quality standards for surface waters. |
| CWA solutions | restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the nation's water |
| 1973 | Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITIES) |
| Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITIES) | regulate the international trade of species (animal and plants) |
| CITIES | ensure the safe trade of species across nations and to ensure its trade does not threaten their survival |
| 1980 | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) |
| Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) | federal ''Superfund'' to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous-waste sites |
| CERCLA solutions | in response to a growing national concern about the release of hazardous substances |
| 1987 | Montreal Protocol |
| Montreal Protocol | Regulates the consumption of ozone depleting substances (ODS). (PROTECT OZONE LAYER) |
| MP solutions | Created to protect the stratospheric ozone layer |
| 1997 | Kyoto Protocol |
| Kyoto Protocol | Eliminates the production and consumption of ozone depleting substances First treaty to receive universal ratification |
| KP solutions | protect the stratosphere ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone depleting substances chlorofluorocarbons |
| 1973 | Endangered Species Act |
| Endangered Species Act | protections for fish, wildlife and plants that are listed as threatened or endangered; adding species to and removing them from the list of threatened and endangered species. |
| ESA solutions | Created to protect and recover species at risk of extinction and to promote the conservation of ecosystems |
| 1996 | Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) |
| Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) | protective drinking standards clean safe water |
| SDWA solutions | Created to protect drinking water and to set standards for drinking water quality. |
| 1974 | Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act |
| Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act | Requires the FDA to ban food additives which are found to cause or induce cancer |
| DCFDCA solutions | Created to help prevent cancer in humans. |
| 1976 | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) |
| Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) | Governs the disposal of solid and hazardous waste Creates framework for the proper management of hazardous waste and non-hazardous solid waste. |
| RCRA solutions | address the increasing problems the nation faced from our growing volume of municipal and industrial waste. |
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