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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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