apes legal stuff

Question 1

kyoto protocol

Answer 1

international agreement regarding the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, reduction of national emissions by around 5%

Question 2

paris agreement

Answer 2

international treaty signed with goal of limiting global warming below 2 degrees

Question 3

clean air act

Answer 3

established primary and secondary air quality standards. required states to develop implementation plants, set limits and goals to reduce mobile air pollution

Question 4

clean water act

Answer 4

regulates and enforces all discharge into water sources and wetland destruction/construction

Question 5

safe drinking water act

Answer 5

EPA sets standards for drinking water quality and oversees all of the states, localities, and water suppliers who implement these standards

Question 6

endangered species act

Answer 6

protects species that are considered to be threatened or endangered

Question 7

resource conservation and recovery act

Answer 7

management of non-hazardous an hazardous solid waste including landfills and storage tanks, set minimal standards for all waste disposal facilities and for hazardous wastes

Question 8

comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act

Answer 8

established federal authority for emergency response and clean-up of hazardous substances that have been spilled, improperly disposed, or released into env

Question 9

national environmental policy act

Answer 9

authorized the council on environmental quality as the oversight board for general conditions, directs federal agencies to take environmental consequences into account in decision making

Question 10

montreal protocol

Answer 10

banned the production of aerosols and initiated the phase out of all CFCs

Question 11

nuclear waste policy act

Answer 11

established underground repository for spent nuclear reactor fuel

Question 12

mining act of 1872

Answer 12

US law governs mining for economic minerals