Term | Definition |
1. Clean Air Act | a United States federal law designed to control air pollution on a national level. |
2. Clean Water Act | is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution. |
3. Department of Energy | is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material. |
4. Energy Independence and Security Act | originally named the Clean Energy Act of 2007) is an Act of Congress |
5. Energy Policy Act | which was designed to promote US nuclear reactor construction, through incentives and subsidies |
6. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | is an agency of the U.S. federal government which was created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress. |
7. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | is the United States federal agency with jurisdiction over interstate electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, hydroelectric licensing, natural gas pricing, |
8. National Environmental Policy Act | is a United States environmental law that established a U.S. national policy promoting the enhancement of the environment and also established the President's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). |
9. Nuclear Regulatory Commission | is an independent agency of the United States government that was established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, first beginning operations on January 19, 1975. As one of two |
10. Pollution Prevention Act | in the United States created a national policy to have pollution prevented or reduced at the source wherever possible.[1] It also expanded the Toxics Release Inventory. The Pollution Prevention Act focused industry, government, |