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Getty Images, Race to the Top, Current Affairs, 11/4/2009

Race to the Top was a multi-billion dollar grant created by the United States Department of Education in 2009. It was funded as part of President…

Tags: Education, Government, Legislation

Henry Hartley, Forestry Laws, Henry Hartley, 20 September, 2004

Forestry laws govern activities in designated forest lands, most commonly with respect to forest management and timber harvesting. Ancillary laws may…

Tags: Environment, Forest, Foresty Laws, Land, Legislation, Timber

Michelle Arseneault, Waste Management, Michelle Arseneault, 2008 August

Waste management laws govern the transport, treatment, storage, and disposal of all manner of waste, including municipal solid waste, hazardous waste,…

Tags: Environment, Legislation, Regulation, Waste Disposal, Waste Management

New Zealand Defence Force, Rena Oil Spill Cleanup, New Zealand Defence Force, 12 October, 2011

Environmental cleanup laws govern the removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, sediment, surface water, or ground…

Tags: Cleanup, Contamination, Environment, Legislation, Regulation, Rena

None, John Ruskin - Portrait - Project Gutenberg, Public domain in the United States, 30 September, 2006

An early "Back-to-Nature" movement, which anticipated the romantic ideal of modern environmentalism, was advocated by intellectuals such as John…

Tags: Consumerism, Environment, Industrial, John Ruskin, Legislation, Pollution

D.O. Hill, St Rollox Chemical, Published before Jan 1, 1925. Public domain in the United States, 30 September, 2006

The origins of the environmental movement lay in the response to increasing levels of smoke pollution in the atmosphere during the Industrial…

Tags: Alkali, Environment, Health, Legislation, Pollution, UK