Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
18 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Surface Mining Control & Reclamation Act
|
requires coal strip mines to reclaim the land
|
|
|
Madrid Protocol
|
Moratorium on mineral exploration for 50 years in Antarctica
|
|
|
Safe Drinking Water Act
|
set maximum contaminant levels for pollutants that may have adverse effects on human health
|
|
|
Clean Water Act
|
set maximum permissible amounts of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterways. Aim is to make surface waters clean enough for swimming and fishing
|
|
|
Water Quality Act
|
attempt to reduce non-point source pollution
|
|
|
Ocean Dumping Ban Act
|
bans ocean dumping of sewage sludge & industrial waste in the ocean
|
|
|
Clean Air Act
|
Set emission standards for cars, and limits for release of air pollutants
|
|
|
Kyoto Protocol
|
controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries
|
|
|
Montreal Protocol
|
phaseout of ozone deleting substances
|
|
|
Resource Conservation & Recovery Act
|
controls hazardous waste with a cradle to grave system
|
|
|
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Act
|
Superfund, designed to identify and clean up abandoned hazardous waste dump sites
|
|
|
Low Level Radioactive Policy Act
|
all states must have facilities to handle low level radioactive wastes
|
|
|
Nuclear Waste Policy Act
|
US government must develop a high level nuclear waste site by 2015
|
|
|
Endangered Species Act
|
identifies threatened and endangered species in the US, and puts their protection ahead of economic considerations
|
|
|
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
|
lists species that cannot be commercially traded as live specimens or wildlife products
|
|
|
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act
|
regulates the effectiveness of pesticides
|
|
|
Food Quality Protection Act
|
set pesticide limits in food, & all active and inactive ingredients must be screened for estrogenic/endocrine effects
|
|
|
National Environmental Policy Act
|
Environmental Impact Statements must be done before any project affecting federal lands can be started
|
