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| Clean Air Act (1970) | law that established national standards for states, strict auto emissions guidelines, and regulations, which set air pollution standards for private industry. |
| Clean Water Act | passed in 1987, this law established safe drinking standards and creates penalties for water polluters. |
| Endangered species | wildlife threatened by extinction, many protected by the Endangered Species Act. |
| Environmental Protection Agency | regulates air and water pollution, pesticides, radiation, solid waste, and toxic substances. It is the main environmental regulatory agency. |
| National energy policy | public policy dealing with the consumption and protection of natural resources. |
| National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)— | 1969 legislation that required government agencies to issue environmental impact statements with the Environmental Protection Agency whenever they proposed policies that could negatively affect the environment. |
| Non-renewable resources | those natural resources such as oil, which based on consumption, are limited. |
| Nuclear Regulatory Commission | it was given jurisdiction to license and regulate commercial use of nuclear technologies and monitor waste storage and transportation of materials arising from its use. |
| Renewable resources | those natural resources such as solar energy that can be used over again. |
| Superfund | legislation that mandated the cleanup of abandoned toxic waste dumps and authorized premarket testing of chemical substances. |
