ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

What is Environmental law?

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.

What are the 3 environmental laws?

In the 1970s, the United States government enacted the three major environmental laws:

• The Clean Air Act
• The Clean Water Act
• The Toxic Substances Control Act

What are some local environmental laws?

• Atomic Energy Act (AEA)
• Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act
• Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act
• Clean Air Act (CAA)
• Clean Water Act (CWA) (original title: Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972)

What are the 7 environmental principles?

• Nature knows best.
• All forms of life are equally important.
• Everything is connected to everything else.
• Everything changes.
• Everything must go somewhere.
• Ours is a finite Earth.
• Nature is beautiful and we are stewards of God's creation.

Gowtham
3rd year
Sathyabama