Environmental protection is also a priority, several programmes were implemented: " National Forestation and Ornamentation ", " Lonely Tree ", " Green Surveillance ", " Fire Plan ", " Ecuador Forest " and " Arenillas Military Reserve ".

The decisions of the Supreme Court in cases such as Calvert Cliffs Coordinating Committee v. U. S. Atomic Energy Commission ( broadly reading the procedural requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act ), Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill ( broadly reading the Endangered Species Act ), and, much more recently, Massachusetts v. EPA ( requiring EPA to reconsider regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act ) have had policy impacts far beyond the facts of the particular case.

The largest and most influential environmental organizations in the United States, according to Andrew Rowell are the so called Group of Ten: Defenders of Wildlife, Environmental Defense Fund, National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Friends of the Earth, Izaak Walton League, Sierra Club, The Wilderness Society and the World Wide Fund for Nature

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 ).

The ECMWF model is primarily used as comparison against the Global Forecast System, which is based in the United States and is run by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction.

Botha, he held a succession of ministerial posts, including Posts and Telecommunications and Sports and Recreation ( 1978 – 1979 ), Mines, Energy and Environmental Planning ( 1979 – 1980 ), Mineral and Energy Affairs ( 1980 – 1982 ), Internal Affairs ( 1982 – 1985 ), and National Education and Planning ( 1984 – 1989 ).

With the exception of a single gray whale killed in 1999, the Makah people have been prevented from hunting by a series of legal challenges, culminating in a United States federal appeals court decision in December 2002 that required the National Marine Fisheries Service to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.

The study from which the report was based was conducted jointly by researchers at the EPA's National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory and Indiana University.

* National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Kyrgyzstan's National Environmental Action Plan ( NEAP ) has addressed these problems as part of its first-phase priorities in cooperation with the Aral Sea Program.

The result of these discussions was the creation of the Malagasy Office of the Environment and the signing of a National Environmental Action Plan.

The National Environmental Action Plan is intended to be implemented in three phases.

It was created 10 years after the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 in the United States.

The Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program ( TEHIP ) at the United States National Library of Medicine ( NLM ) maintains a comprehensive toxicology and environmental health web site that includes access to toxins-related resources produced by TEHIP and by other government agencies and organizations.

The National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants are emission standards that are set by the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) which are not covered by the NAAQS.

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

Rock Bridge houses around fifty-five clubs and organizations, including, but not limited to, Intramural Table Tennis League, Chess Club, Global Issues Club, Dumbledore's Army, the Zombie Defense League, Guitar Club, Bible Club, National Honors Society, Student Environmental Coalition, MSU-Muslim Students Union, Future Lawyers of America, Astronomy Club, National Art Honors Society, Weight Lifting Club, and the language Honors Societies.

Also, the International Organization for Standardization ( ISO ), the United States Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) and National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST ) each have more than one definition of standard reference conditions in their various standards and regulations.

The efficiency of what later was to be called the " cap-and-trade " approach to air pollution abatement was first demonstrated in a series of micro-economic computer simulation studies between 1967 and 1970 for the National Air Pollution Control Administration ( predecessor to the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Air and Radiation ) by Ellison Burton and William Sanjour.

In 1876 the Conservative opposition announced a National Policy of protective tariffs, which resonated with voters.

Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of Postwar American National Security Policy ( 1982 )

* UK Policy towards Germany National Archives excerpts of Cabinet meetings.

In the 1870s John A. Macdonald's National Policy was implemented, creating a system of protective tariffs around the new nation.

Historian Kris Inwood places the date very early, at least in Nova Scotia, finding clear signs that the Maritimes " Golden Age " of the mid-nineteenth century was over by 1870, before Confederation or the National Policy could have had any significant impact.

He notes the growth that was occurring during the early years of the National Policy in Nova Scotia demonstrates how the effects of railway fares and the tariff structure helped undermine this growth.

During the 1993 policy debate, the National Defense Research Institute prepared a study for the Office of the Secretary of Defense published as Sexual Orientation and U. S. Military Personnel Policy: Options and Assessment.

Film Policy: International, National and Regional Perspectives.

" A Policy Framework for Developing a National Nanotechnology Program ", Master of Science thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1998, available at Digital Library and Archives

He halted or revamped corrupt programs and developed an antidrug offensive, which enabled him to collaborate with Director of the National Drug Control Policy Bill Bennett.

* The Victory of the National Policy of Lenin and Stalin, written by Beria in 1936

The Government's New Economic Policy ( NEP ) and the National Development Policy ( NDP ) which superseded it, were implemented to advance the standing of Bumiputera Malaysians.

1983: National Health Policy – MCH & Family welfare services were integrated during this policy

Beginning with Sir John A. Macdonald's National Policy ( 1879 ) and the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway ( 1875 – 1885 ) through Northern Ontario and the Canadian Prairies to British Columbia, Ontario manufacturing and industry flourished.

Macdonald would return as prime minister in the 1878 election thanks to his National Policy.

Robert A. Heinlein dedicated his 1985 novel The Cat Who Walks Through Walls to Anderson and eight of the other members of the Citizens ' Advisory Council on National Space Policy.

He subsequently created the National Defense Emergency Policy Committee, and installed himself as a member.

Sharia and National Law in Muslim Countries – Tensions and Opportunities for Dutch and EU Foreign Policy – Law, Governance, and Development.

Critics of the ' debt-for-nature ' schemes, such as National Center for Public Policy Research, which distributes a wide variety of materials consistently justifying corporate freedom and environmental deregulation, aver that plans deprive developing nations of the extractable raw resources that are currently essential to further economic development.

The year 1961 marks the fourteenth anniversary of the unification of our Armed Forces under the National Security Act of 1947.

Similar restrictions on the strength of the Army National Guard contained in the 1960 Department of Defense Appropriation Act should likewise be dropped.

The latest major change in this program was introduced by the National Defense Education Act of 1958, Title 8, of which amended the George-Barden Act.

For the Smith-Hughes, George-Barden, and National Defense Act of 1958, the cumulative total of Federal expenditures in 42 years was only about $740 million.

The Title 8, program of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 was a great spur to this trend toward area schools.

What could rescue the bill would be some quick progress on a bill amending the National Defense Education Act of 1958.

The acceptance of collective bargaining as a national policy in 1934, implicit in the writing of Section 7A of the National Industrial Recovery Act, has made it impolitic to oppose collective bargaining in principle.

The American Film Institute ( AFI ) is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act.

* 1949 – U. S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense.

This Act established a 18-year assessment and research program under the direction of the National Acidic Precipitation Assessment Program ( NAPAP ).

Following the 1852 Telegraph Act, Canada's first permanent transatlantic telegraph link was a submarine cable built in 1866 between Ireland and Newfoundland. Telegrams were sent through networks built by Canadian Pacific and Canadian National.

In 1911 he took up a government job as an " official explainer ", touring the country to explain David Lloyd George's National Insurance Act.

Among the most important pieces of legislation was the National Insurance Act 1946, in which people in work paid a flat rate of national insurance.

* National Health Service Act 1946

* National Insurance Act 1946

* National Insurance ( Industrial Injuries ) Act 1946

* National Assistance Act 1948

* National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949

Firearms with shoulder stocks and barrels less than 406 mm ( 16 in ) in length are classified as " short barreled rifles " ( under the US National Firearms Act or NFA ), and are sometimes restricted in the same way that short barrel shotguns and machine guns are.

A list of firearms not covered by the NFA due to their antique status may be found here or due to their Curio and Relic status may be found here ; these lists includes a number of carbines with barrels less than the minimum legal length and firearms that are " primarily collector's items and are not likely to be used as weapons and, therefore, are excluded from the provisions of the National Firearms Act.

These are a popular compromise for ( American ) shooters who would like to own a submachine gun but cannot due to local restrictions or the prohibitive cost of buying a civilian legal submachine gun ( full automatics or semi-automatics with barrels shorter than are restricted under Title II of the National Firearms Act ).

While the original Sterling semi-auto would be classed a " short barrel rifle " under the U. S. National Firearms Act, fully legal long-barrel versions of the Sterling have been made for the U. S. collector market.

Congress included text in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 ( passed in 1993 ) requiring the military to abide by regulations essentially identical to the 1982 absolute ban policy.