apes laws and events

exxon valdez

-alaska

-1989

-largest offshore oil spill in US history until 2010

gulf oil spill of 2010

-louisiana

-1 mile deep; leaked for 107 days

-passed exxon valdez making it the largest offshore oil spill

-206 gallons of oil

clean water act

-1972

-based on water pollution act 1948

-set standard for amount of key water pollutants

-polluters need permit limiting how much various pollutants they can put into aquatic systems

IPPC

-1988

-provide decision makers with objective source of info on climate change

kyoto treaty

-for GHG emissions

-1997

-agreed in 1992

montreal protocol

-1987

-regulates production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances

clean air act

-1970, 1977, 1990

-EPA established national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS)

-EPA established national emission standards for toxic air pollutants

-clear skies act of 2003 reduces effectiveness of CAA

safe drinking water act

-1974

-protect public drinking water from harmful contaminants

3 mile island

-middletown PA

-1979

-reactor suffered partial meltdown

-most significant nuclear incident in US history

chernobyl

-USSR

-1986

-reactor meltdown

-most severe nuclear disaster in worlds history

fukushima, japan

-2011

-earthquake and tsunami led to meltdown of power plant in japan

three gorges dam

-built across yangtze river

-largest dam in the world

-built over seismic fault

bhopal, india

-1984

-one of the worst pesticide disasters in history

delaney clause

-if substance causes cancer it cannot be used in food

magnuson-stevens

-1976

-fishery management act

-prevent overfishing while delivering optimum yield

IUCN

-species conservation

-red list of threatended species

CITES

-1975

-183 countries

-38,000 species cannot be traded cause they’re endangered or threatened

endangered species act

-1973

-identify and enlist endangered and threatened species