Clean Water Act
Regulates water pollution (but not drinking water quality)
Endangered Species Act
Designates certain species as threatened or endangered and protects habitats (developers have to do environmental impact assessments) plus prevents trade.
Kyoto Protocol
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
Makes drinking water safer
Montreal Protocol
Phases out ozone depleting substances (ODS) like CFCs
No carcinogens in food
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Proper disposal of solid and hazardous waste
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES)
Newcomen steam engine
Designed to pump water out of the coal mines to increase production.
Comprehensive Environmental Response Comprehensive Liability Act (CERCLA)
Superfund act for funding cleanup
