Federal Law The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was passed in 1970 along with the Environmental Quality Improvement Act and the National Environmental Education Act.
Mehta. Mahesh Chandra Mehta, an environmental lawyer, has fought for a cleaner environment in India for over ten years. In so doing he has won awards for his activism such as the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service and the Goldman Award.
Environmental requirements in China are strictly enforced by multiple administrative agencies (see Question 1). A wide range of administrative enforcement measures are imposed. The CPC uses internal regulations or disciplines to enforce environmental laws.
In the 1970s, the United States government enacted the three major environmental laws: the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Toxic Substances Control Act.
With a goal of protecting the environment and public interest through the law, these lawyers deal with few resources and personal environmental concerns in addition to all the common challenges of lawyering such as long hours and general stress.
Mahesh Chandra Mehta is a public interest attorney from India. He single-handedly won numerous landmark judgments from India's Supreme Court since 1984, including introducing lead-free gasoline to India and reducing the industrial pollution fouling the Ganga and eroding the Taj Mahal.
The amount of harmful particulates in the air in China fell 40% from 2013 to 2020. Average PM2. 5 concentrations fell by 33% from 2013 to 2017 in 74 cities. The overall pollution in China fell further 10% between 2017 and 2018.
In 2021, total public expenditure on energy conservation and environmental protection in China had amounted to around 553.6 billion yuan.
China has taken steps to dismantle coal-fired power plants, reduce overall emission levels and cut particulate-matter emission rates. Huge progress has been made on air quality, and there are now fewer smog days in China's largest cities.
Environmental Impact Assessment Law (PD 1586) Toxic Substances And Hazardous Waste Management Act (RA 6969) Clean Air Act Of 1999 (RA 8749) Ecological Solid Waste Management Act (RA 9003)
Environmental laws today encompass a wide range of subjects such as air and water quality, hazardous wastes and biodiversity. The purpose of these environmental laws is to prevent, minimize, remedy and punish actions that threaten or damage the environment and those that live in it.
The two basic factors that come under environmental law is conservation and management. This is a common law that includes conventions, treaties, regulations and statutes to preserve and protect the environment.