May 31, 2024 · Article "Origins of the EPA" in the Spring 1992 issue of The Guardian - provides background on conservation, ecology and early environmental movements, the first Earth Day, …

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. [2] President Richard Nixon …

Mar 22, 2017 · In the summer of 1969, Nixon established the Environmental Quality Council, which TIME described as “a Cabinet-level advisory group designed to coordinate …

Nov 13, 2024 · EPA was created on December 2, 1970, by President Richard Nixon to protect human health and the environment.

Sep 6, 2016 · When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency formed some fifteen years ago, America had just awakened to the seriousness of its environmental pollution problem. Creation …

Jan 21, 2025 · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), agency of the U.S. government that sets and enforces national pollution-control standards. In 1970, in response to the welter of …

Apr 7, 2020 · On December 2, 1970, a new federal agency opens its doors. Created in response to the dawning realization that human activity can have major effects on the planet, the …

Dec 21, 2016 · Born in the wake of elevated concern about environmental pollution, EPA was established on December 2, 1970 to consolidate in one agency a variety of federal research, …

Jan 11, 2017 · The United States Environmental Protection Agency was born on December 2, 1970. The documents below shed some light on its birth and early years. Note that these …

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was created by Richard Nixon in 1970, charged with the mission of making public health policy to protect human life and the environment.