When was environment agency founded

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It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. Cookies on GOV. UK We use some essential cookies to make this website work. Accept additional cookies Reject additional cookies View cookies. Hide this message. Home Environment. This reorganization would permit response to environmental problems in a manner beyond the previous capability of government pollution control programs:. After conducting hearings during that summer, the House and Senate approved the proposal.

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Reorganization Plan No. The country had 5. The reasons for such heavy consumption went beyond mere economic ability to consume, some theorized. The U. Despite backlash from all directions, the message was getting through to at least one person: Nixon, who was elected President in As dawned, with American concerns about the War in Vietnam no longer dominating headlines, concerns about the environment became a further priority for the president.

In his State of the Union address delivered that January, he underscored the point :. The great question of the seventies is, shall we surrender to our surroundings, or shall we make our peace with nature and begin to make reparations for the damage we have done to our air, to our land, and to our water? Restoring nature to its natural state is a cause beyond party and beyond factions.

It has become a common cause of all the people of this country. It is a cause of particular concern to young Americans, because they more than we will reap the grim consequences of our failure to act on programs which are needed now if we are to prevent disaster later.

Clean air, clean water, open spaces-these should once again be the birthright of every American. If we act now, they can be.