EPA Environmental Regulation

With the well-being of future generations in mind, environmental concerns have begun to establish a permanent residence atop the priority ladder for a vast array of Americans. Consequently, writers and political pundits alike are seizing this opportunity to capitalize on advocating their stance on the issue. Information, representing all positions, pours in at an unrelenting and unfathomable rate. For the average American it can be an arduous process sifting through all the rhetoric in attempt to find the real truth regarding our impact as humans on the environment; one such example is Susan Brown’s article The EPA’s Mercury Problem. In this article Brown attempts to expose hypocrisy among progressives by paralleling the Environmental Protection

The purpose of this section is to set standards for federal agencies to follow in regards to global issues. Climate change and clean energy efforts are of great importance in regards to environmental assessment law. International treaties to lower greenhouse gases (GHG) are of special importance. Therefore, it has become evident that federal agencies will be forced to play a global role in the decades to come. ‘Public involvement in regards to environmental decision-making increases environmental awareness,

In the 1970’s there was growing confusion regarding environmental policy due to certain states creating environmental protection laws which were largely ineffective. To ease confusion, fix national guidelines, and monitor and enforce them President Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA functions under three federal departments: the Interior, Agriculture, and Health, Education and Welfare departments. The original role of the EPA was to administrate the Clean Air Act which was enacted to reduce the air pollution caused by vehicles and industry. The EPA has since grown to enforce at least 12 major statutes such as: ocean dumping laws, safe drinking water, insecticides, and asbestos hazards in

Since President Trump’s appointment of the new head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, American citizens have felt safe and secure knowing that a well-versed environmentalist is watching over the degradation of their planet. Scott Pruitt, the new head, is the most qualified republican lawyer that deserves this job. His past attempts to repeatedly sue the EPA, his anti-environmental protection stance, and his alliance with gas and oil companies make Pruitt an ideal candidate for this position. As the new EPA chief, Pruitt is already making clean, green decisions to ensure the safety and protection of the earth.

With Republican President, Donald Trump, and the Republican Party holding the majority of both chambers of the 115th Congress, passing environmental protection legislation doesn’t seem to be a priority (or even a thought). Not only are Congress and the President ignoring environmental protection, but they have also worked together to reverse current environmental protection regulations. Normally, repealing any form of legislation is a lengthy and challenging task. However, during the spring of 2017, the Legislative and Executive branches were able to quickly and easily get rid of two environmental protection rules. This ease of change definitively had do with the legislation being bureaucratic agency rules and laws. Though, not only were

President Richard Nixon officially created the Environmental Protection Agency, otherwise noted as the EPA, in the spring of 1970. However, concern for the environment and its protection began long before the government regulatory body. In years prior, environmentalism had planted its roots as a growing focus of many American citizens. Before the focus on the environment as we know it, there were multiple individuals who stressed the importance of nature and brought attention to the degradation of the environment through industrialization. Famous literary scholars first expressed their concern during the 1850’s—a direct response to the Industrial Revolution. Henry David Thoreau, with his ode to nature through Walden, or Life in the Woods, captured the importance of nature in a transcendental sense; while later in the nineteenth century, John Burroughs took a more realistic approach with his 27 volumes of essays on his experience with nature. In 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal brought the sense of ecology into government acts; among which were The Soil Conservation Service—reducing the effects of erosion on agricultural land, and the Pittman-Robertson Act, responsible for funding state fishing and wildlife programs from taxes on hunting and fishing equipment.1

Those who get a job with the EPA will protect public health and the environment. There are many different offices within the EPA, such as the Offices of Air, Water and Enforcement and Compliance. Over half of EPA employees are highly educated professionals such as engineers, scientists and policy analysts. In order to get hired by the EPA, job candidates will need strong academic credentials, leadership skills and commitment to the community.

This paper will address the institutionalized road blocks in the United States that have prevented successful climate change action for the last twenty-five years. First, the United States government has become increasingly influenced by and connected to private industries. The private industries and the government work together as partners. While this likely has been beneficial in some ways it has kept out innovation, competition and prevented the implementation of successful health and public welfare regulations. Second, the Banking, Energy and Media Industry are linked together to promote consensually agreed to messages. These industries work together to keep fossil fuels as our major energy source. Third, each industry works together in non-profit

Beginning in the late 1950s and through the 1960s, Congress reacted to increasing public concern about the impact that human activity could have on the environment. A key legislative option to address this concern was the declaration of a national environmental policy. Advocates of this approach argued that without a specific policy, federal agencies were neither able nor inclined to consider the environmental impacts of their actions in fulfilling the agency's mission. The statute

The United States’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took on a significant role in environmental justice. However, there were many contradictions and blame towards the EPA for how they were going about environmental justice. The United States’ Government criticized the EPA in July 2005 for not focusing on environmental justice more, yet the authors did not explain if the government itself was supporting these issues, helping the EPA enforce any legislation passed. This situation showed how the government points fingers at other organizations for not doing “their part,” without recognizing that the government needs to change itself to help the environment. Through all of the critics, the EPA created the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) program, which allowed citizens to have access via Internet to corporations chemical releases. This program helped environmental justice through the idea that the public should have access to information regarding the environment. Yet, the government tried to shut down the EPA’s library where the TRI was located. Therefore, the authors continued the investigation through the report on how the government views and plays a role in environmental

The Federal Courts have been a controversial issue since the 18th century. The two landmark decisions that are well known are the Article III of the U.S Constitution and

The purpose of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or sometimes USEPA) is to protect environment and human health, EPA is the agency of federal government and its works by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by congress. In US President Richard Nixon proposed EPA and after signing an executive order by Nixon it started working on 2nd December 1970. This order was ratified in senate and committee hearings. The agency’s administrator is appointed by president which is further approved by congress. The role of administrator is to led the work of agency. The present administrator of US agency is Gina McCarthy. The administrator is given the rank of cabinet

The Environmental Protection Agency was established on December 2, 1970 following an escalated concern for environmental pollution levels. The EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment. The Environmental Protection Agency is under the executive branch of government because they have responsibilities that include enforcing and executing federal law. This essay will provide additional details about the EPA, such as: how it is organized, what its responsibilities are, and why the EPA is a necessary agency.

Environmental policy has always been an important topic in American politics. The landmark case between the state of Michigan and the Environmental Protection Agency arose the recurring question as to whether, and to what extent, agencies should account for the cost of engaging in environmental regulation and public health. This has not been the first time the Supreme Court has had to deal with such issue, in fact this has been the fifth time the court has had to intervene in a related matter. In this specific case of the state of Michigan and the Environmental Protection Agency, the Court ruled that cost considerations were very much required under certain provisions of the Environmental Protection Agency itself and sections of the Clean

Since the turn of the 20th century environmental protection and laws have rose considerably. Especially in the wake of serious damages to the environment such as Cuyahoga River fire, the Love Canal or Rachel Carson’s publication of Silent Spring. Many of these laws focus on regulation of industry and the public, but only a few looks towards the government. As people became increasingly aware of the impact humankind has on the environment, so did the call for stronger federal regulation within the United States. The National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) was established with a purpose in mind that required the federal government to think before acting with regards to the environment. This opened a process that enables many federal agencies