E.P.A. Tells States: Clean Up Your Smokestacks
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Essay by Kip Hansen — 16 March 2023
Many of us are not pleased with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which, over the years, has engaged in a seeming never-ending power grab, having both regulatory and enforcement authority over a wider and wide range of both individual and commercial activities in the United States. The EPA was established, not by Congress, but by an Executive Order signed by then-President Richard Nixon.
On the other hand, the EPA, in its first decade of operations, enforced environmental laws passed by Congress, primarily the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) [of 1970]. Since then, regulations and enforcement of air quality standards have resulted in greatly reduced air pollution generally, and in some locales, such as Los Angeles, almost miraculous results.
Here are the results for aggregate air pollution [six most common pollutants] shown coincident with growth in Gross Domestic Product, Vehicle Miles Traveled, Population, Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/03/16/e-p-a-tells-states-clean-up-your-smokestacks/
