definiens: means any federal, state, local, municipal or foreign Law relating to pollution, or theprotection of the public, workers or environmental media ( such as air, soil and water ) against exposure to hazardoussubstances, hazardous materials, wastes, pollutants or contaminants, as in effect on or prior to the Effective Time, including any of the foregoing pertaining to : ( a ) treatment, storage, disposal, generation or transportation of industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or solid hazardous waste ; ( b ) soil, air and water pollution ; ( c ) surface water, groundwaterand soil contamination ; ( d ) the Release or threatened Release into the environment of waste, toxic or hazardoussubstances, or solid or hazardous waste or petroleum, including emissions, discharges, injections, spills, escapes ordumping of pollutants, contaminants or chemicals ; and ( e ) manufacture, processing, use, distribution, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation or handling of pollutants, contaminants, chemicals or industrial, toxic or hazardoussubstances or oil or petroleum products or solid or hazardous waste