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  2. Environmental policy - Wikipedia

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    Environmental policy is the commitment of an organization or government to the laws, regulations, and other policy mechanisms concerning environmental issues.These issues generally include air and water pollution, waste management, ecosystem management, maintenance of biodiversity, the management of natural resources, wildlife and endangered species. [1]

  3. Environmental impact statement - Wikipedia

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    An environmental impact statement (EIS), under United States environmental law, is a document required by the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for certain actions "significantly affecting the quality of the human environment". [1] An EIS is a tool for decision making.

  4. Environmental policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Kraft, Michael E. "U.S. Environmental Policy and Politics: From the 1960s to the 1990s." Journal of Policy History 12.1 (2000): 17–42. Kraft, Michael E. "Congress and environmental policy." in The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy (20130. Lake, Laura M. "The environmental mandate: activists and the electorate."

  5. National Environmental Policy Act - Wikipedia

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    The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is a United States environmental law designed to promote the enhancement of the environment. It created new laws requiring U.S. federal government agencies to evaluate the environmental impacts of their actions and decisions, and it established the President's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).

  6. Federal and state environmental relations - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the late 1970s, nearly all environmental policy was at the state and local level. [2] Federal environmental regulation addressed the federal government itself, rather than states, consumers, or industry. [2] This all changed with a flurry of environmental legislation in the early 1970s.

  7. Environmental protection - Wikipedia

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    Promote environmental management within the national territory, in coordination with all levels of government and the private sector. Evaluate and provide determination to the environmental impact statements for development projects and prevention of ecological damage; Implement national policies on climate change and protection of the ozone layer.

  8. Environmental law - Wikipedia

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    The three basic environmental principles that the Basic Environmental Law follows are "the blessings of the environment should be enjoyed by the present generation and succeeded to the future generations, a sustainable society should be created where environmental loads by human activities are minimized, and Japan should contribute actively to ...

  9. Environmental issues - Wikipedia

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    Water pollution is an environmental issue that affects many water bodies. This photograph shows foam on the New River as it enters the United States from Mexico. Environmental issues are disruptions in the usual function of ecosystems. [1] Further, these issues can be caused by humans (human impact on the environment) [2] or they can be natural ...