Library Index :: Worldwide Environmental Issues and Concerns :: Index - A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I

Index - L

La Niña, 28-29

Land disposal
     hazardous waste, 56
     municipal solid waste, 60-63, 62t, 197

Land use, 181f

Landfills, 60-63, 62t, 197

Large-quantity hazardous waste generators, 54-55

Latest Findings on National Air Quality: 2002 Status and Trends (EPA), 75

Lead, 77, 77(f5.4), 78(f5.5), 122, 148-149, 149f

Lead-Based Poisoning Prevention Act, 148

Lead Contamination Control Act, 120

Legislation and international treaties
     Beachfront Management Act (South Carolina), 6
     Clean Air Act, 75, 87, 96-98, 151
     Clean Air Act Amendments, 49-50, 96, 97, 136-137
     Clean Water Act, 110, 113-115, 116-117
     Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 65-68, 116
     Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species, 186
     Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, 56, 86, 142
     Endangered Species Act (ESA), 183-184
     Federal Energy Policy Act, 98
     General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 11
     global warming treaty, 38-39
     Grand Canyon Protection Act, 106
     Indoor Radon Abatement Act, 154
     International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 119
     Kyoto Protocol, 39-40, 40, 42(f2.15)
     Lead-Based Poisoning Prevention Act, 148
     Lead Contamination Control Act, 120
     Low Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act, 69
     major federal legislation, 8t
     Marine Mammal Protection Act, 186
     Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, 119
     Montreal Protocol, 47-49, 48t
     Noise Control Act, 163
     North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC), 12
     North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 11-12
     Oil Pollution Act, 119
     Organic Foods Production Act, 166
     Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), 191
     Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act, 148
     Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 53-56
     Safe Drinking Water Act, 119-121
     Taxpayer Relief Acts, 68
     Title IV, Toxic Substances Control Act, 148
     Transportation Equity Act for the Twenty-First Century, 186
      Water Quality Control Act, 120

Legislation and international treaties
     Antarctic Treaty, 188-189

Light-Duty Automotive Technology and Fuel Economy Trends: 1975 through 2003 (EPA), 90

Lindzen, Richard, 34

Liquid Assets 2000: America's Water Resources at a Turning Point (EPA), 109

Litigation
     acid rain, 136
     endangered species, 184
     environment policy cases, 5-6
     environmental discrimination, 7
     tobacco, 159-161

Logging, 175, 186

Low-level radioactive waste, 68-70, 69(f4.13)

Lucas v. South Carolina, 6

Lucaws, David, 6

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