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  2. Helsinki Convention - Wikipedia

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    Polluter pays principle, that is, make the party responsible for producing pollution responsible for paying for the damage done to the environment. The aim of the States-Parties to the Convention is to prevent and eliminate pollution of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea Area caused by harmful substances [4] from all sources, including:

  3. Barcelona Convention - Wikipedia

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    The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean, [1] originally the Convention for Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution, [2] and often simply referred to as the Barcelona Convention, [3] is a regional convention adopted in 1976 to prevent and abate pollution from ships, aircraft and land based sources in the Mediterranean ...

  4. London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by ...

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    In line with UNCED's Agenda 21, the 1996 Protocol reflects the global trend towards precaution and prevention with the parties agreeing to move from controlled dispersal at sea of a variety of land-generated wastes towards integrated land-based solutions for most, and controlled sea disposal of few, remaining categories of wastes or other matter.

  5. Clean Water Act - Wikipedia

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    The first FWPCA was enacted in 1948, but took on its modern form when completely rewritten in 1972 in an act entitled the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972. [4] [1] Major changes have subsequently been introduced via amendatory legislation including the Clean Water Act of 1977 [5] and the Water Quality Act (WQA) of 1987. [6]

  6. Lawmakers discuss Loving pollution, oil and gas setbacks

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    At a Monday meeting of the legislative Water and Natural Resources committee, a Colorado researcher presented findings that Loving, located in oil and gas powerhouse Eddy County, has seen an ...

  7. Fertilizer bans, growth controls: Key environmental bills as ...

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    The House sponsor of the bill, Rep. Randy Maggard, R-Dade City, last year filed a controversial bill that, if passed, would have meant any future county control over wetlands and pollution laws ...

  8. Regulation and monitoring of pollution - Wikipedia

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    To protect the environment from the adverse effects of pollution, many nations worldwide have enacted legislation to regulate various types of pollution as well as to mitigate the adverse effects of pollution. At the local level, regulation usually is supervised by environmental agencies or the broader public health system.

  9. Wisconsin lawmakers OK bill to tackle forever chemicals ... - AOL

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    The Wisconsin state Assembly passed a bill Thursday that would unlock $125 million to help municipalities and landowners cope with pollution from so-called forever chemicals. PFAS, short for per ...