PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON
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Endangered Species Act
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Environmental Protection Act
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RICO
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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Detailed explanation-1: –(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Central Government shall have the power to take all such measures as it deems necessary or expedient for the purpose of protecting and improving the quality of the environment and preventing, controlling and abating environmental pollution.
Detailed explanation-2: -The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was signed into law on January 1, 1970.
Detailed explanation-3: -Environmental law is a collective term encompassing aspects of the law that provide protection to the environment. A related but distinct set of regulatory regimes, now strongly influenced by environmental legal principles, focus on the management of specific natural resources, such as forests, minerals, or fisheries.
Detailed explanation-4: -Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981 (Air Act). Environment (Protection) Act 1986 (EP Act). This umbrella law enables the central government to take measures it deems necessary to protect and improve the environment, and to prevent, control and abate environmental pollution.