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18 Cards in this Set
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The law that says that we will have clean drinking water in the US is the...
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SDWA, Safe Drinking Water Act
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The reason we have water treatment plants in this country is because of the...
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Safe Drinking Water Act
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Th law that says we won't put sewage or industrial waste into waterways is....
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Clean Water Act
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The reason we have waste water treatment plants in this country is because of the...
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Clean Water Act
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The law that says we won't pollute the air is the...
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Clean Air Act
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The reason we burn unleaded gasoline or low sulfur diesel in our vehicles is because of ....
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the Clean Air Act
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The reason coal burning power plants have scrubbers and cars have catalytic converters is because of the....
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Clean Air Act
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The law that says we will have cradle-to-grave tracking of all hazardous materials is ....
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RCRA, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
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The law that regulates pesticides is ....
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FIFRA, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
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The law that says that you can't kill or harm the habitats of species that are near extinction is the....
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Endangered Species Act
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The international law that says you won't transport endangered species or their parts over borders is...
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CITES, Conference on the International Trade of Endangered Species
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The law that says we won't let our soil erode away, started during FDR's time (in the middle of the Dustbowl), is....
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Soil Conservation Act
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The law that says we will have a fund that will help pay to clean up abandoned waste sites is ...
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Superfund Act (CERCLA, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act)
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A law that says we won't make excess noise is ....
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Noise Control Act
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International law that bans CFC's from use to prevent ozone layer destruction is...
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Montreal Protocol
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Law that let a president protect areas of scientific or historical interest on federal lands as national monuments is...
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Antiquities Act
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International agreement to limit carbon emissions is the...
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Kyoto Treaty
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The law that says we'll screen new substances for safety before they are widely used is...
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Toxic Substances Control Act
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