1. Laws, Agencies and Treaties

2. Acts, Treaties and Agencies

3. FIFRA

4. Empowers and directs the EPA to
Ensure that pesticides are effective
Ensure that safe handling, storage and disposal of the pesticides are available for users.

5. CAA

6. Empowers and directs the executive branch to
Research air pollution levels that are safe.
Set air pollution standards
Monitor air pollution levels.
Enforce air pollution standards
Educate the public about these findings

7. CERCLA

8. Identifies toxic waste sites
Fines polluters and directs clean up of the toxic waste sites

9. CWA

10. Empowers and directs the executive branch to
Research water pollution levels that are safe.
Set water pollution standards
Monitor water pollution levels.
Enforce water pollution standards
Educate the public about these findings

11. EPA

12. Agency that coordinates the administering of environmental laws.

13. UNEP

14. United Nations subgroup created to coordinate global responses to environmental problems

15. CDC

16. Organization that monitors infectious diseases in the United States
Sets safety procedures to protect people from passing the diseases

17. ESA

18. Empowers and directs the Executive Branch to
Identify species that are endangered (USFWS, NOAA)
Stop the killing, harming or harassing of endangered species
Protect critical habitat so that the species numbers will improve and be taken off the endangered species list.

19. FD&CA

20. Empowers and directs the executive branch
To monitor the safety of drugs, food additives, medical devices and cosmetics
Specifically prohibits the interference of government regulation of cosmetics.

21. FDA

22. Agency that monitors the safety of Drugs, food additives, medical devices and cosmetics.

23. REACH

24. European Union agreement that requires chemicals be tested before they are put in products.

25. Antiquities Act

26. Empowers the Executive Branch to set aside land as national monuments and national parks

27. Kyoto Protocol

28. International agreement to limit GHG to 1990 levels (350 ppm)

29. Lacy Act

30. Prohibits the trade or sale of listed species across state borders.

31. NEPA

32. Law that created the EPA
Requires the monitoring of environmental harms
Required and Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for any large scale federal project.
Allows citizens to bring lawsuits

33. OSHA

34. Empowers and directs the executive branch to make and enforce rules to protect worker safety.

35. CITES

36. An international treaty to stop the sale and trade of endangered species

37. Wilderness Act

38. Used to protect land from ANY development, including roads, hotels, mining, hunting, etc.
The highest protection provided for nature
Ecocentric
Preservationist

39. OSHA

40. OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Agency
Makes and enforce rules to protect worker safety.

41. RCRA

42. Requires Toxic Substances to be tracked from manufacture until disposal.

43. Fish and Wildlife Service

44. Monitors the habitats of wildlife
Controls hunting through permits
Lists plants and animals on the endangered species list

45. Rio Earth Summit

46. International meeting at which the FCCC was created to find agreements on climate change

47. Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

48. International agreement to limit the production of persistent organic pollutants. The main focus was on the “dirty dozen” including DDT, PCB, and Dioxin.

49. TSCA

50. US Law that enables the EPA to regulate toxic chemicals in industry (not food, food additives, cosmetics, nor pesticides)

51. NOAA

52. Monitors Ocean systems and organism
Lists marine organisms on the Endangered Species list

53. UNFCCC

54. An agreement signed by most nations in the world to meet annually to develop international policy on climate change. This group actually makes rules and regulations for nations.

55. UNIPCC

56. United Nations panel that reviews evidence on climate change
United Nations panel that reviews evidence on climate change. They make predictions and suggest solutions.

57. USDA

58. Agency that makes regulations on how food is grown and processed.
Regulates nutrition labels
Certifies Organic Labels
Determines how animals are treated in feedlots.
Determines the level of use of antibiotics in livestock

59. SDWA

60. Requires that all municipal (City) drinking water be tested for pollutants.

61. Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

62. Creates rules to protect designated rivers from dams, canals, harbors or any major development.
Ecocentric
Preservationist

66. Laws, Agencies and Treaties
With names

67. Acts, Treaties and Agencies

68. Antiquities Act

69. Empowers the Executive Branch to set aside land as national monuments and national parks

70. CAA

71. Clean Air Act Empowers and directs the executive branch to
Research air pollution levels that are safe.
Set air pollution standards
Monitor air pollution levels.
Enforce air pollution standards
Educate the public about these findings

72. CDC

73. CDC
Organization that monitors infectious diseases in the United States
Sets safety procedures to protect people from passing the diseases

74. CERCLA

75. CERCLA Identifies toxic waste sites
Fines polluters and directs clean up of the toxic waste sites

76. CITES

77. CITES
An international treaty to stop the sale and trade of endangered species

78. CWA

79. CWA Empowers and directs the executive branch to
Research water pollution levels that are safe.
Set water pollution standards
Monitor water pollution levels.
Enforce water pollution standards
Educate the public about these findings

80. EPA

81. EPA
Agency that coordinates the administering of environmental laws.

82. ESA

83. ESA Empowers and directs the Executive Branch to
Identify species that are endangered (USFWS, NOAA)
Stop the killing, harming or harassing of endangered species
Protect critical habitat so that the species numbers will improve and be taken off the endangered species list.

84. FD&CA

85. FDC&A Food Drug and Cosmetic Act
Empowers and directs the executive branch
To monitor the safety of drugs, food additives, medical devices and cosmetics
Specifically prohibits the interference of government regulation of cosmetics.

86. FDA

87. FDA
Agency that monitors the safety of Drugs, food additives, medical devices and cosmetics.

88. FIFRA

89. FIFRA Empowers and directs the EPA to
Ensure that pesticides are effective
Ensure that safe handling, storage and disposal of the pesticides are available for users.

90. Fish and Wildlife Service

91. USFWS Monitors the habitats of wildlife
Controls hunting through permits
Lists plants and animals on the endangered species list

92. Kyoto Protocol

93. Kyoto Protocol
International agreement to limit GHG to 1990 levels (350 ppm)

94. Lacy Act

95. Lacy Act
Prohibits the trade or sale of listed species across state borders.

96. NEPA

97. NEPA Law that created the EPA
Requires the monitoring of environmental harms
Required and Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for any large scale federal project.
Allows citizens to bring lawsuits

98. NOAA

99. NOAA Monitors Ocean systems and organism
Lists marine organisms on the Endangered Species list

100. OSHA

101. OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Act
Empowers and directs the executive branch to make and enforce rules to protect worker safety.

102. OSHA

103. OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Agency
Makes and enforce rules to protect worker safety.

104. RCRA

105. Requires Toxic Substances to be tracked from manufacture until disposal.

106. REACH

107. European Union agreement that requires chemicals be tested before they are put in products.

108. Rio Earth Summit

109. International meeting at which the FCCC was created to find agreements on climate change

110. SDWA

111. Safe Drinking Water Act
Requires that all municipal (City) drinking water be tested for pollutants.

112. Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

113. International agreement to limit the production of persistent organic pollutants. The main focus was on the “dirty dozen” including DDT, PCB, and Dioxin.

114. TSCA

115. US Law that enables the EPA to regulate toxic chemicals in industry (not food, food additives, cosmetics, nor pesticides)

116. UNEP

117. United Nations Environmental Programme
United Nations subgroup created to coordinate global responses to environmental problems

118. UNFCCC

119. Framework Convention on Climate Change
An agreement signed by most nations in the world to meet annually to develop international policy on climate change. This group actually makes rules and regulations for nations.

120. UNIPCC

121. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
United Nations panel that reviews evidence on climate change. They make predictions and suggest solutions.

122. USDA

123. United States Department of Agriculture
Agency that makes regulations on how food is grown and processed.
Regulates nutrition labels
Certifies Organic Labels
Determines how animals are treated in feedlots.
Determines the level of use of antibiotics in livestock

124. Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

125. Creates rules to protect designated rivers from dams, canals, harbors or any major development.
Ecocentric
Preservationist

126. Wilderness Act

127. Used to protect land from ANY development, including roads, hotels, mining, hunting, etc.
The highest protection provided for nature
Ecocentric
Preservationist

128. Acts, Treaties and Agencies

129. Antiquities Act

130. CAA

131. CDC

132. CERCLA

133. CITES

134. CWA

135. EPA

136. ESA

137. FD&CA

138. FDA

139. FIFRA

140. Fish and Wildlife Service

141. Kyoto Protocol

142. Lacy Act

143. NEPA

144. NOAA

145. OSHA

146. OSHA

147. RCRA

148. REACH

149. Rio Earth Summit

150. SDWA

151. Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

152. TSCA

153. UNEP

154. UNFCCC

155. UNIPCC

156. USDA

157. Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

158. Wilderness Act