What policies or legislation have reduced harmful effects on the environment?

Answer 1

There are many many policies that have reduced harmful effects on the environment. The kyoto protocol is probably the most famous but there are many many others a good percentage of the european parliment concerns itself with environmental legilature.

For instance look up pollicies on IPPC, waste framework directive, clean air act, landfill directive, waste incineration directive there are many of them. The Environmental Protection Act provoked the inception of the Environment Agency (in the UK) whose job it is to reduce the harmful effects on the environment.

Answer 2

Making every car have catalytic converters. Introducing liming on lakes. Scrubbers on power stations.
I can't really think of many others. But whatever anyone says taxing us for the air we breathe is not helping!

Answer 3

The Clean Air Act did.......

Bush air pollution plan weakens current law, threatens public health
February 27, 2003: The Bush administration's air pollution plan, misleadingly dubbed the "Clear Skies Initiative," was reintroduced in Congress. If enacted, the plan would weaken public health protections of the current Clean Air Act. It would delay and dilute cuts in power plants' sulfur, nitrogen and mercury pollution compared to timely enforcement of current law. By allowing industry to make fewer reductions in toxic pollution over a much longer period of time than current law, critics say the plan would cost thousands of lives, intensify global warming and reward polluting industries that have been flouting the law for years.

The administration plan allows more than twice as much SO2 for nearly a decade longer (2010-18), compared with faithful enforcement of the current Clean Air Act. After 2018, SO2 emissions will still be one and a half times higher than if current law is enforced. The plan allows more than one and a half times as much NOx for nearly a decade longer (2010-2018), and one third more NOx even after 2018. The plan also lets power plants emit more than five times as much mercury for a decade longer (2010-2018), and three times as much after 2018.

"The Bush air pollution plan would It would make lethal pollution legal, condemning millions of Americans to breathing dangerous air," said David Doniger, policy director of NRDC's Climate Center.

Answer 4

Europe, China, India and many other countries are reducing its levels of GHG, either reducing emissions or increasing green surfaces (trees, plants, etc.)

Kyoto protocol is not enough, but at least, it is a first step

Answer 5

Google Kyoto agreement

Answer 6

Scroll down to box #8 on this website to find a whole list.

Answer 7

Few if any government attempts to mandate behavior are effective.

Answer 8

not convinced that any have

Answer 9

none.