The US Environmental Protection Agency was established
On Dec. 2, 1970, the EPA was established by President Richard Nixon with an Executive Order to consolidate…
President Nixon nominated William D Ruckelshaus to be the first Administrator of the EPA
On Nov. 6, 1970, President Nixon nominated William D. Ruckelshaus to be the first Administrator of the U.S….
President Nixon signed National Environmental Policy Act into law
On Jan. 1, 1970, President Richard Nixon signed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) into law and launched…
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William Mansfield Clark alerted the public to the dangers of tetraethyl lead in gasoline
In 1923, William Mansfield Clark from the U.S. Department of Agriculture alerted the public to the dangers of…