What Is The Endangered Species Act?
The Endangered Species Act was enacted in 1973. It allows the Department of the Interior to protect wildlife and endangered species. It is a crime to buy, sell, possess, import or export endangered …
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What Is The Environmental Protection Agency?
President Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970. It administers the vast majority of environmental laws and also coordinates environmental policies. Some of the …
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An Overview of Federal Environmental Laws
Over the past half century, the federal and state governments have become increasingly involved in protecting the environment. Many experts believe that environmental laws are necessary because without them individuals and businesses do not have the financial or personal motivation to follow environmentally friendly policies. One person or business alone does not make a big …
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Common Environmental Law Violations
Federal environmental law is complex. It regulates many different things from protecting endangered species, to the production of energy and from protecting the water that we drink, to protecting the air that we breathe. The many different complicated laws that make up federal environmental law are inevitably broken from time to time. Some laws are broken by accident and others …
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