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| SMCRAct (Surface Mining and Reclamation Act) |
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| Coal surface mining must meet standards, including mining reclamation (restoring land to original condition) 1977 |
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| Moratorium on Antarctica mineral exploration for 50 years |
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| Set car emission standards and air pollution limits |
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| Greenhouse gas emission targets for developed countries. Control global warming |
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| Phase-out of ozone depleting products (ex. CFCs) |
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| Set max pollution levels for safe drinking water |
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| Set permissable amounts of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterways. Make surface water swimmable and fishable again! |
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| Bans dumping of sewage sludge & industrial waste in the ocean. |
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| Resource Conservation & Recovery Act |
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| Cradle to grave system: Controls hazardous waste |
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| Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Act |
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| Superfund; designed to I.D. and clean up abandoned hazardous waste dump sites. |
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| U.S. Gov't must develop a high level nuclear waste site (Yucca Mtn) |
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| I.D. threatened & endangered species in US, puts their protection above $ |
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| Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species |
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| Lists species that cannot be $ traded as live specimens / wildlife products |
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| Management of marine fisheries |
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| Food Quality Protection Act |
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| Pesticide limits in food, all ingredients screened for estrogenic/endocrine effects |
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| National Environmental Policy Act |
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| Environmental Impact Statements must be done for any project affecting federal land |
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| Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants |
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| Seeks to protect human health from the 12 most toxic chemicals. (8 chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides / DDT may be used for malaria control) |
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| Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) |
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| Regulates manufacture and use of pesticides- must be registered and approved for use by the EPA before sold. |
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| Prohibits transporting live or dead wild animals or their parts across state boarders without federal permit. |
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