Environmental Protection Agency

To consolidate government oversight of myriad environmental laws, President Richard Nixon created the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in December 1970. The EPA's mission is to regulate air, water, and solid waste hazards in order to protect human health and safeguard ...

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