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Scientific Laws:

  • Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere traps heat.
  • Trees remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis.
  • Burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) releases carbon dioxide that has been hidden away for 300 million years.

States' and countries' laws:

  • Various Clean Air Acts specify how much pollution is allowed.
  • Carbon trading schemes aim to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
  • Carbon emissions are taxed.
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13y ago

Laws can only control people and businesses. The law is not equipped to control the weather and the environment.

There is the Kyoto Protocol which adopted in 1997 where countries who signed the protocol have committed to reducing greenhouse gases they produce.

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  • There are agreements, like the Kyoto Agreement, where countries agreed to reduce their carbon emissions by certain amounts.
  • There are laws in different countries that aim to reduce the causes or the effects of climate change, for example,
    • vehicle emissions
    • factory emissions
    • Support for renewable energy
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Not that I know of. I heard from some people say that the government is considering it. I hope this helps you....

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yes, but if you noticed, they are not very strict or enforced very much

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9y ago

There are laws as far as gas emissions to help combat global warming.

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