National Environmental Policy Act

by requiring residential developments through design standards to avoid, remedy or mitigate any adverse environmental…

Clean Air Act and the Environmental Protection Agency have made several advances in helping reduce air pollution and creating a better nation. Recently, congress has attacked the Environmental Protection Agency, essential tying their hands, for personal gains. In The Clean Air Act, Congress found that the pollution caused by rapidly evolving Cities, industrial development, and motor vehichle use were creating a danger to public health and agriculture. The primary goal iof the Clean are act…

The Second World War, American society became more aware of the environmental issues. Environmentalists soon turned to taking political action to protect the Earth. Legislative enivronmentialixm soon became not just a kdjsafk issue put a political one. HOW AMERICAN FELT AFTER WW1 + THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS ((Modern environmentalism arose not out of a productionist concern for managing natural resources for future development, but as a consumer movement that demanded a clean…

to sourcing products in a responsible manner, and working with suppliers to improve their social and environmental practices. The following ESC is based on commitment to respecting the core labour standards established by the International Labour Organisation, protecting and respecting human rights as set out in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and promoting environmental sustainability. - Cassette recognises that full compliance with these criteria may take time for…

“Drowning the Oceans in Plastic” Summary The article, “Drowning the Oceans in Plastic,” by Mark Gold and Cara Horowitz is about how marine pollution is a global and international problem that costs billions of dollars each year to clean. To mend the problem, the people of this world should not litter. To begin, plastic garbage is extremely costly. In the article, it states, “… 20 million tons of plastic pollution enters the ocean each year… litter is also costly.” (1) This shows how a lot of…

which may have direct environmental impact on these communities, specifically, the tar sand industry. The aboriginal rights are protected by the Canadian constitution and the Canadian government is vested with the due responsibility of consulting the impacted aboriginal communities to amend and incorporate their interest where appropriate or as required, (D'Arcy, Black, Weis, & Russell, 2014). However, this…

The National Park Service Organic Act The National Park Service Organic Act was passed by Congress and Signed by President Woodrow Wilson on August 25th, 1916. This act created the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the Department of the Interior, and put it in charge of the management of national parks, national monuments, and reservations in order to “conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in…

The Clean Air Act of 1963 was similar to the 1955 Air Pollution Control Act in that it did not place heavy restrictions on industry. Rather, it promoted the recognition of the issue of pollution and the threats it faced to the public’s health. It did place emissions standards upon sources such as power generators and manufacturing facilities, however the act neglected mobile sources such as vehicles. The act itself allocated $95 million, about $740 million today, towards research and…

Policy Brief – Deforestation and Climate Change in Nigeria The Problem: Deforestation is one of the largest global environmental issues. Deforestation is the mass clearing of forestland, often due to farming and logging. Farming clears forests for large areas of crops and animal grazing. Logging cuts down trees to produce paper products.1 From 2000 to 2005, Nigeria had about 56 percent of forestland lost from deforestation. Nearly 38 percent of forest cover was lost from 1990 to 2005.2 The…

the public as well as the government have had to contend with the negative environmental impacts of uranium mining. Since the 1940s, the United States started the uranium industry in Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New…