Remove Clean Air Act Remove Natural Gas Remove Precautionary Principle Remove Toxic Substances Control Act
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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Fossil fuel : Any mineralized formerly organic material extracted from the ground and used in energy production: coal, natural gas, oil. The Clean Air Act is an excellent example of this following the publication of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring. Title III of the Act created EPCRA (see above).