Land & Water Use

General tax revenues

Taxes on hazardous waste producers

Fines collected from environmental violations

International contributions

Carbon Dioxide ($CO_2$)

Methane ($CH_4$)

Sulfur Oxides ($SO_x$)

Ammonia ($NH_3$)

Primary standards protect the environment, while secondary standards protect human health.

Primary standards protect human health, while secondary standards protect property, visibility, and crops.

Primary standards apply to stationary sources, while secondary standards apply to mobile sources.

Primary standards are set by the states, while secondary standards are set by the federal government.

To regulate air emissions from factories.

To protect public health by regulating public drinking water supply.

To clean up hazardous waste sites.

To protect endangered species.

By providing funding for habitat conservation.

By regulating international trade to ensure it is biologically sustainable.

By setting quotas for hunting endangered species.

By promoting the use of endangered species in traditional medicine.

Eliminating the production of hazardous waste.

Providing funding for cleaning up abandoned hazardous waste sites.

Detailed tracking of hazardous waste from generation to disposal.

Regulating air emissions from hazardous waste facilities.

The EPA has no role in the SDWA.

The EPA sets health standards to protect against water contaminants.

The EPA only regulates bottled water.

The EPA focuses solely on surface water protection.

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Eliminating ozone-depleting substances

Protecting endangered species

Regulating international trade

Carbon dioxide and methane

Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides

CFCs, halons, and carbon tetrafluorides

Particulate matter and volatile organic compounds

The US was the primary advocate for the Kyoto Protocol.

The US fully complied with the Kyoto Protocol.

The US signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol.

The US did not sign the Kyoto Protocol.