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Often subject to specific environmentalprotections, especially when “endangered” (see above). Indoor air (pollution) : coming under OSHA rather than EPA, there are laws in place to ensure that employees work in a clean and safe environment with good ventilation. As it is a waste, it serves no purpose on its own.
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of the CleanAirAct requires the EnvironmentalProtection Agency to address this through emissions standards for air pollution from cars and trucks. ParisAgreement. with a major component of the agreement involving the reduction of emissions and better management in the energy sectors.
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’s climate policy: a finding under the CleanAirAct that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. C limit the global community committed to in the ParisAgreement, adopted in 2015. C limit the global community committed to in the ParisAgreement, adopted in 2015.
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