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The Clean Air Act, passed in 1970, was key environmental legislation that sought to prevent and reduce air pollution in the United States. Read more ›

Cuyahoga River, river in northeastern Ohio, U.S., rising 15 miles (24 km) south of Lake Erie and 35 miles (56… Read more ›

Extended producer responsibility is a practice and policy approach in which producers are responsible for the disposal of their products after they are no longer useful to consumers. Read more ›

The effect of air pollution on local air quality typically varies over time because of the consequences of weather patterns. Read more ›

Consumption is the use of goods and services by households. Read more ›

Recycling is the recovery and reprocessing of waste materials for use in new products. Recycling can help reduce the quantities of solid waste deposited in landfills, which have become increasingly expensive. Read more ›

Pollution control, in environmental engineering, is any of a variety of means employed to limit damage done to the environment by the discharge of harmful substances and energies. Read more ›

In 2016 scientists got sufficient data to confidently reveal proof that the ozone layer was indeed on a path to recovery. Read more ›

Hazardous-waste management is the collection, treatment, and disposal of waste material that can cause substantial harm to human health and safety or to the environment. Read more ›

Ethical consumerism is a form of political activism based on the premise that purchasers in markets consume not only goods but also, implicitly, the process used to produce them. Read more ›

Environmental engineering is the development of processes and infrastructure for the supply of water, the disposal of waste, and the control of pollution of all kinds. Read more ›

Emission control systems in automobiles are employed to limit the discharge of noxious gases from the internal-combustion engine and other components. Read more ›