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====Greenhouse gas emissions====
The [[Kyoto Protocol]]<ref name=Kyoto>[http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/kpeng.pdf Kyoto Protocol To The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]</ref> is an amendment to the [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]] (UNFCCC), an international treaty on [[global warming]]. It also reaffirms sections of the UNFCCC. Countries which [[ratify]] this [[Protocol (treaty)|protocol]] commit to reduce their emissions of [[carbon dioxide]] and five other [[greenhouse gases]], or engage in [[emissions trading]] if they maintain or increase emissions of these gases.<ref name=Kyoto/> A total of 141 countries have ratified the agreement. Notable exceptions include the United States and Australia, who have signed but not ratified the agreement. The stated reason for the United States not ratifying is the exemption of large emitters of greenhouse gases who are also [[Developing country|developing countries]], like China and India.<ref name="BushNoKyoto">
{{cite web|date=2001-06-11|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/06/print/20010611-2.html|title=President Bush Discusses Global Climate Change|format=Transcription of speech|
An [[2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference|UN environmental conference]] held in [[Bali]] 3–14 December 2007 with the participation from 180 countries aims to replace the [[Kyoto Protocol]], which will end in 2012. During the first day of the conference United States, [[Saudi Arabia]] and Canada were presented with the "Fossil-of-the-day-award", a symbolic bag of coal for their negative impact on the global climate. The bags included the flags of the respective countries.<ref>[http://www.fossil-of-the-day.org/ Fossil-of-the-Day Awards at UN Climate Change Negotiations<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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====Land pollution====
Congress passed the [[Resource Conservation and Recovery Act]] (RCRA) in 1976, which created a regulatory framework for both [[municipal solid waste]] and [[hazardous waste]] disposed on land.<ref>U.S. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. {{USPL|94|580}}, {{USC|42|6901}} ''et seq.'' October 21, 1976.</ref> RCRA requires that all hazardous wastes be managed and tracked from generation of the waste, through transport and processing, to final disposal, by means of a nationwide permit system. The ''Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984'' mandated regulation of [[underground storage tank]]s containing petroleum and hazardous chemicals, and the phasing out of land disposal of hazardous waste.<ref>U.S. Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, {{USPL|98|616}}, November 8, 1984.</ref> The [[Federal Facilities Compliance Act]], passed in 1992, clarified RCRA coverage of federally owned properties such as military bases. Illegal disposal of waste is punishable by fines of up to $25,000 per occurrence.<ref>{{cite report |date=2014 |title=Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Orientation Manual |chapter-url=https://www.epa.gov/hwgenerators/resource-conservation-and-recovery-act-rcra-orientation-manual |chapter=Chapter I. Introduction to RCRA |publisher=EPA |id=EPA 530-F-11-003}}</ref>{{see also|Superfund|label 1=Superfund - Cleanup program for abandoned hazardous waste sites}}
====Noise pollution====
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