... state's policies. CATF has been a strong supporter and valid lobbyist group since 1996. The Clean Air Task Force works valiantly along side with the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA works alongside Congress to uphold environmental laws passed and bring new legislation to the forefront. The EPA was established in December 1970 to help uphold the standards and regulations of the ... one of the groups who is against the Bush administration's Clean Skies Act. The president used his authority over the Environmental Protection Agency to undermine a key part of the Clean Air Act, called...

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The Fight Against Pollution Nature and Technology have brought about so many changes in are environment according to researcher, Bill Mckibben, author of "The End of Nature" and researcher, Gregg Easterbrook, author of "Forget PCBs. Radon. Alar: The World's Greatest Environmental Dangers Are Dung Smoke and Dirty Water." In order to protect the world's remaining habitats, we must stop and pay attention ... Mckibben both point out extremely important points, but Gregg Easterbrooks argument seems to have stronger and more urgent problems needing to be addressed like air and water pollution. Lets...

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The EPA: Can It & Will It Save Our Environment? Pollution of our environment is an issue that concerns nearly each and every one of us. The threat of environmental degradation now looms greater than the threat of nuclear war in the middle-east. Patrick Henry once said, "I know ... "ecology" is defined as "a study of home." It means "discovering what damage man has done, then finding a way to fix it." The Environmental Protection Agency is trying to fix our home, which is the planet Earth. Destruction of forests, land degradation, atmosperic contamination, and dried up watersheds are some ......

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... with more industry than any of the other counties in North Carolina. The Warren County demonstrations did not stop the new landfill, but they thrust the issue of environmental racism into the national spotlight and onto the political agenda. In 1983, the United States General Accounting Office conducted a study of several Southern states that found three ... provide[s] benefits for whites while shifting costs to people of color- (60). He continues by charging that "the dominant environmental protection paradigm trades human health for profit- by failing "to develop pollution preventi...

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... states the power plants must reduce the release of pollutants by 85 percent, and enforce their own which allows the power plants to reduce their pollution by only 65 percent. I believe a major reason for this is that the Ohio power plants are unable to even come close to the ... Another reason that these power plants do not want to comply with the Clean Air Act is money. By forcing these companies to install new pollution control devices, it will cost them money that they had no intention of spending. They feel as long as the plant is still running ... plants after failing their tests, ...

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... gases that are being released into the environment are causing a number of environmental hazards such as damage to the ozone layer, global warming, smog, and acid rain. When looking at air pollution, we can see that there are many types, one type is acid rain. Scientists have discovered that air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels mainly in power stations and industry ... be decreased mortality, hospital admissions and emergency room visits. The clean air act is an international agreement which is set by the environment council which meet and discuss global environmental issues e...

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... all around; they include cars, trains, boats, factories, burning fossil fuels, and many others (www.epa.gov). There are many things that people can do to reduce the levels of pollution. Some examples of these are: carpooling, disposing of wastes properly, and riding public transportation systems. Many communities across the nation have a serious air quality problem (www.earth911.org). This has ... quality standards to protect public health (www.epa.gov). Areas of special standards include asthmatics, children, and the elderly. The government agency that set up this act is called the U.S. ...

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Compared to the surrounding counties, Fentress County shows an overall better standing when it comes to environmental pollution. A lot of areas have more to be concerned with than in my county. Although Fentress County has a very high unemployment rate, we ... very clean. We may not care about our money, but we sure do care about our land. Based on studies done by EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency), Fentress County ranked about the average of all counties in the US in terms of an average individual's added cancer risk from hazardous air ... 3 watersheds. Out of these 3 are...

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... federal level. Had the American government not reacted to the evidence provided by Silent Spring certain wildlife populations could have been wiped out entirely. Environmental activism significantly increased during the 60's on the individual level too. The Sierra Club became much more publicly visible and active. Magazines, newsletters ... violence to further their agenda and "protect the Earth ". I doubt that the people of Easter Island or the Mayans had groups advocating environmental protection to such a degree. Evidence that the peoples of modern society are learning from past mista...

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... as this one why we place such a high importance on maintaining ecological harmony. We, ourselves, are also protected with the use of environmental projects. This is a concept which many people have difficulty comprehending because they do not understand the delicate relationship between humans and the environment. ... When we protect the trees from being depleted we also improve our own air quality because forests also act as pollution sinks, which are capable of converting carbon-dioxide gas into pure oxygen. When we protect areas of tropical rainforests we also protect ... near extinc...

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... can see that there are many types, one type is acid rain. Scientists have discovered that air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels mainly in power stations and industry in countries such as Germany, United Kingdom and other economically developed countries is the major cause of acid ... be decreased mortality, hospital admissions and emergency room visits. The clean air act is an international agreement which is set by the environment council which meet and discuss global environmental issues e.g. air pollution, then come up with strategies to combat these problems. On a national...

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... act of 1970 is a federal law that controls the air emissions from steady and moving sources. The clean air act also gave the Environmental Protection Agency the right to create the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, which protects public health and welfare and to organize emissions of ... steel mills. Since power plants and steel mills are mainly located in cities and towns with high populations of adults and children the environmental protection agency had to take charge. These plants were burning chemicals and polluting the air people were breathing, affecting the health and welf...

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... was signed into law by President Nixon which also required an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for all major federal actions knowingly affecting the quality of the human environment. To enforce federal regulations, the Environment Protection Act (EPA) was also created in 1970 by President Nixon to set the limits on pollution, to support state and local governments in the cleanup of ... polluted sites and to conduct environmental research. The EPA was basically created to regulate and enforce federal programs on air, water pollution, environmental radiation, solid waste and pesticides...

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... . It contaminated drinking sources for over a million people in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio. Local authorities took responsibility for the initial on-scene response, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took over after that. They were dispatched immediately following the incident. Contractors employed by Ashland performed the actual cleanup duties. The contractors used booms, ... testing model presented by 650 for desolate locations with scarce water supplies. Resource protection, under environmental law, helps to maintain the environmental balance of public resources. ...

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... last forever. In order to survive, we must develop alternatives to the natural resources normally used for fuels and make the best use of land that we possibly can. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established a Smart Growth Policy for states to implement to further growth. This policy has a variety of approaches ranging form formal legislative or regulatory efforts to ... driven approach to environmental decision-making, which has always been plagued by uncertainties and a lack of critical information. Therefore decisions regarding the environment have been mage on the bas...

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... frustration, that the prime minister of Canada joked about declaring war on the United States. Around this time, the Environmental Defense Fund, also known as the EDF, was coming up with way of their own to approach the current problems with pollution, and they came up with the conclusion that people hate being told what to do, and they wanted to give ... with the 1998 presidential election of George H.W Bush. The president of EDF called Bush's White House counsel, Boyden Gray, suggesting that the best way for Bush to become the "environmental president" was to fix the acid rain problem...

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Car Pollution Air Pollution "According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, driving a car is the single most polluting thing that most of us do." This is not a new problem. In the 1950's the Los Angeles smog made headline news. Car exhaust causes health problems. There are many solutions to the problem. Laws were enacted as long as twenty years ago to control pollution caused ... shape. You should never over fill your gas tank. You should always use clean gas. People should buy newer cars because they are made to create less pollution. In summary, the problem of pollution fro...

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... water safety will be improved greatly. Water can become polluted due to a number of contributing factors. However, applying chemicals such as pesticides is a leading cause of water pollution today. Consequently, the Environmental Protection Agency believes that over forty percent of American lakes, rivers, and streams are not clean enough for swimming and fishing because of pollutants like pesticides. (Hess, 2000 ... ) Generally, the large majority of water supplies are contaminated due to agricultural pesticide usage. According to the United States Environmental Agency, there is a presen...

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... contradictory setting to consumers. Television advertisements present them as a way to return to nature, yet they actually accelerate existing environmental problems. Commercials often depict happy families driving in the mountains, and enjoying the serenity of the wilderness in leather seated ... make serious effort to improve these vehicles. "Federal law has allowed SUV, which are classed as light trucks, to emit up three times as much pollution per mile standard cars" (Fords 2). This is a very important development, and it depicts the kind of impact that a large amount of polluting ....

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In 1970 the awareness of our ocean getting polluted increased and people began to do things about it. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) were created in 1970. Congress also began to take charge ... Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, and the Endangered Species Act. These acts are key laws that help protect our ocean from pollution, over fishing, endangerment and many more issues. Even though these acts were established our ocean still remains at risk. Just a few people cannot clean the ... ...

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... . This gives the user more bang for their buck. Two strokes are have an extremely superb power to size ratio and were the industry standard, until 1997. In 1997, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decided that it was their time to take action against the two stroke. The EPA argued that the two strokes are inefficient and pollute too much into ... to understand theses things to see the economic impact that this will ban will have. Banning two strokes is the wrong choice on the battle against pollution. Two stroke motorcycles account for very little, if any pollution that is in the ...

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... age, people are too busy to be worrying about their environment, which is where the government steps in. The Environmental Protection Agency was designed just for this purpose. The EPA was established in the 1970's to help the government programs control the pollution and other hazardous materials. The EPA is keeping our environment cleaner and safer. I think the EPA is a wise program ... their four children with a minimum wage job. They probably need help feeding themselves and their children. I have a more liberal side than a conservative side, but I do have both. The liberals support...

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... age, people are too busy to be worrying about their environment, which is where the government steps in. The Environmental Protection Agency was designed just for this purpose. The EPA was established in the 1970's to help the government programs control the pollution and other hazardous materials. The EPA is keeping our environment cleaner and safer. I think the EPA is a wise program ... their four children with a minimum wage job. They probably need help feeding themselves and their children. I have a more liberal side than a conservative side, but I do have both. The liberals support...

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