Government Involvement By: Linda Nguyen

Kyoto Protocol June 1992 in Rio de Janiero, Brazil many countries went to United Nations Conference on Environmental and Development talked about the worst effects of human activity 161 countries promised to reduce greenhouse gases Another meeting in June 1997 in New York and December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan few countries, including the US, didn't keep their promises

Clean Air Act Created in 1970 and updated in 1990 CAA tries to make air as clean as possible without adding pollution Lowers pollution to get rid of greenhouse gases that harm breathing

National Environmental Policy Act Enacted in 1970 Requires federal projects to acknowledge environmental impact Must make a statement about it to government

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative An effort made by nine northeast and mid-Atlantic states issued a proposal to start a regional cap-and-trade program to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from regional power plants In 2006, California became the first state to enact a statewide cap on global warming pollution The Global Warming Solutions Act will reduce California's annual global warming emissions by 25% by 2020