AP Environmental Science Assignment

US GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

NAME

(CITE SOURCES UNDER THE NAME)

AGENCY ACRONYM

DESCRIPTION – INCLUDING YEAR(S) PASSED AND/OR AMENDED, MAJOR AREAS OF OVERSIGHT AND RELATED AGENCIES.

Bureau of Land Management

BLM

Centers for Disease Control

Department of Energy

Environmental Protection Agency

Food and Drug Administration

Fish and Wildlife Service

The National Aeronautics and Space Agency

National Marine Fisheries Service

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

National Parks Service

Occupational Safety Health Administration

United States Department of Agriculture

United States Geological Survey

National Climate Assessment

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND AGREEMENTS

NAME

(CITE SOURCES UNDERNEATH)

ACRONYM

DESCRIPTION

Central America Fair-Trade Agreement/North American Fair-Trade Agreement

CAFTA/NAFTA

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

International Atomic Energy Agency

International Center for Research on Women

International Panel on Climate Control

International Union for Conservation of Nature

Kyoto Protocol

Montreal Protocol

Stockholm Convention

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

United Nations World Health Organization

United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund

US NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION

NAME

(CITE YOUR SOURCES UNDERNEATH)

LAW

ACRONYM

YEAR ENACTED AND/OR AMENDED

SUMMARY

Clean Air Act

CAA

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensations, and Liability Act

Clean Water Act

Endangered Species Act

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

Marine Mammal Protection Act

National Energy Policy Act

National Children’s Alliance

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act

Toxic Substances Control Act