Pollution law governing emissions from marine vessels is complicated ; Transport Canada holds primary authority for regulating ship traffic in Canada, while the International Maritime Organization governs global shipping rules ( including pollution from marine vessels ).

Other legislation included National Environmental Policy Act ( NEPA ), signed into law in 1970, which established a United States Environmental Protection Agency and a Council on Environmental Quality ; the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 ; the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 1974 ), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ( 1976 ), the Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1977, which became known as the Clean Water Act, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, commonly known as the Superfund Act ( 1980 ).

Pollution became a popular issue after World War II, due to radioactive fallout from atomic warfare and testing.

It became part of the World Meteorological Organization's Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network in 1982.

After the fall of the Wilson Government in 1970, he was appointed Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and became Chairman of the Council for the Protection of Rural England, of the Advisory Committee on Pollution of the Sea ( ACOPS ), and various other organizations.

Pollution, climate change and population became topics of debate on the pages of Habitat.

He became Chairman of the Scottish Board in 1976, and was Vice President of the Advisory Committee on Pollution at Sea from 1976 to 1984.

The Inspectorate was known as Industrial Air Pollution Inspectorate from 1983 to 1987 and became Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) when it was transferred back to the Department of the Environment in 1987.

Since 1979 the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution has addressed some of the major environmental problems of the UNECE region through scientific collaboration and policy negotiation.

Pollution began to draw major public attention in the United States between the mid-1950s and early 1970s, when Congress passed the Noise Control Act, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Smog Pollution in Taiwan

Another of the major responsibilities of the Army Corps of Engineers is administering the permitting program under Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972.

Pollution is a major problem for the lake.

Pollution of the water and of the riverbank is a major environmental issue in Córdoba.

Projects in the 1990 ’ s included a comprehensive asbestos management consultancy for the Housing Authority, producing drafting instructions for the Asbestos Regulations under the Air Pollution Control Amendment Bill, major environmental impact assessments relating to Port and Airport Developments, and a territory-wide study on Indoor Air Quality.

Pollution by urban and industrial waste is a major problem as a large amount of wastewater is released into the lagoon daily.

Pollution issues are being addressed on the southern half of the Old Bridge Water Front Park.

See: Category: Pollution by country for pollution issues specific to a geographical area.

As Commandant, he was passionate about maritime safety and environmental protection issues, and oversaw implementation of the landmark Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and established the position of Drug Interdiction Coordinator.

Pollution from toxic chemicals such as DDT is not helping the already poor soil quality in many parts of the country.

Other cities followed around the country until early in the 20th century, when the short lived Office of Air Pollution was created under the Department of the Interior.

; Pollution: Campbell discusses the pollution that " traditional " batteries put into the water when a boat sinks, but Desmond says that electric boats are no more liable to sinking than other types and lists the leakage of fuel, engine oil and coolant additives as inevitable when an internal-combustion-engined boat sinks.

On 22 March 2008, a report for the " Tamil Nadu Pollution Board " prepared by the Nagpur-based " National Environmental Engineering Research Institute " found that residents of the SIPCOT area of Cuddalore were at least 2000 times more likely than their counterparts to contract cancer in their lifetimes due to exposure to high levels of toxic gases from chemical industries in the region.

This version of the engine produces more low-rpm power than the smaller 4-cylinder L Series, but suffers from compromised high-rpm power due to the smaller valves / lower valve lifts required in the cross-flow NAPS-Z ( Nissan Air Pollution System ) cylinder head.

* Noise Control Act, a U. S. law more formally known as the Noise Pollution and Abatement Act of 1972

Pollution and drought destroy the flamingos ' food, Cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, and causing them to migrate to the nearby Lakes, more recently lakes Elmenteita, Simbi Nyaima and Bogoria.

Internal disputes after their US successful tour saw the lineup dissolve after a performance in front of 200, 000 people at Sydney's Bondi Beach at a protest concert, ' Stop the Ocean Pollution '.

Pollution is a problem in this part of the river, as people from both countries discharge their waste into the canal.

The uniqueness of the Seychelles ' ecology is reflected in the US $ 1. 8 million project of the Global Environment Trust Fund of the World Bank ( see Glossary ) entitled Biodiversity Conservation and Marine Pollution Abatement, that began in 1993.

In Japan, a disease called Yokkaichi zensoku ( Yokkaichi Asthma ) derives its name from the city, and it is considered one of the Four Big Pollution Diseases of Japan.

Pollution of the environment or its destruction is against the Pashtunwali.

On August 20, 2002, KBF Pollution Management, INC., a recycling services provider, reported that it would repurchase stock from its current shareholders.

* Mithi river water pollution and recommendations for its control by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board

Much recent pollution can be traced to the Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District ( UBWPAD ), the wastewater treatment plant for Worcester, Massachusetts and surrounding communities, which discharges into the Blackstone.

Pollution in the lake renders it unusable as a source of water for the surrounding human population or agriculture.

Pollution from farms and urban areas took a heavy toll on the river's environment, and heavy irrigation withdrawals sometimes resulted in massive fish kills.

Pollution and lack of vegetation, especially trees, can cause urban areas to suffer from poor environment, but no general statement about environmental quality can be made to apply to all rural and urban areas.

To reduce the loss of life within the Irish Search and Rescue Region and on rivers, lakes and waterways and to protect the quality of the marine environment within the Irish Pollution Responsibility Zone, Harbours and Maritime Local Authority areas and to preserve property.

Pollution can include sediment deposition and eutrophication from sewage, industrial byproducts and contaminants like PCBs and heavy metals ( for example, copper, zinc ), runoff of organophosphates from agricultural areas, anti-fouling chemicals used in harbors and marinas ( for example, TBT and creosote ) and land-based pathogens like fecal coliform bacteria.

During his chairmanship, the 14th session of the UN CSD focused on progress in the areas: Energy for Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Air Pollution, and Industrial Development.

A number of international treaties on the long range transport of atmospheric pollutants have been agreed for example, Sulphur Emissions Reduction Protocol under the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution.

Pollution can occur from a number of sources: garbage and industrial debris ; the transportation of petroleum in tankers, increasing the probability of large oil spills ; small oil spills created by large and small vessels, which flush bilge water into the ocean.

Pollution is also of concern.

These include the Antarctic Treaty and Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and conventions on Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, and Wetlands.

Carbon storage in or under oceans may not be compatible with the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter.

The Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, often abbreviated as Air Pollution or CLRTAP, is intended to protect the human environment against air pollution and to gradually reduce and prevent air pollution, including long-range transboundary air pollution.

In addition, certain appeal boards are given the statutory authority for contempt by them ( i. e. Residential Care Home, Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation, Air Pollution Control, etc .).

Spinspeak II: The Dictionary of Language Pollution.

Pollution control laws generally are intended ( often with varying degrees of emphasis ) to protect and preserve both the natural environment and human health.

Pollution, scare resources, wild animals and plants do not respect political boundaries, making international law an important aspect of environmental law.

Growing concerns, both environmental and economic, from cites and towns as well as sportsman and other local groups, and senators such as Maine's Edmund S. Muskie, led to passage of extensive legislation, notably the Clean Air Act of 1970 and the Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972.

* Pollution insurance usually takes the form of first-party coverage for contamination of insured property either by external or on-site sources.

Torrence ( with Gene Brownell ) won a Grammy Award for " Album Cover of the Year ", for the group Pollution in 1973.

Pollution is the adding-of / added light itself, in analogy to added sound, carbon dioxide, etc.

Environment – international agreements: party to: Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution ( MARPOL 73 / 78 ); signed, but not ratified: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Law of the Sea.

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes, opened for signature on 31 October 1988 and entered into force on 14 February 1991, was to provide for the control or reduction of nitrogen oxides and their transboundary fluxes.

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change.

China is a party to the Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, the Antarctic Treaty, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Climate Change treaty, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, the Endangered Species treaty, the Hazardous Wastes treaty, the Law of the Sea, the International Tropical Timber Agreements of 1983 and 1994, the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, and agreements on Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, and Wetlands protection.

The Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants is an agreement to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of persistent organic pollutants ( POPs ) in order to reduce their transboundary fluxes so as to protect human health and the environment from adverse effects.

Conventions which used the Franc Poincaré included the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air, the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage and the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage.