Term Papers on The EPA: Can It, Will It Save Our Environment?

Term Paper Title	The EPA: Can It, Will It Save Our Environment?
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The EPA: Can It, Will It Save Our Environment?

     Pollution of our environment is an issue that concerns each and every one
of us.  "The threat of environmental degradation now looms greater than the
threat of nuclear war."  Patrick Henry said, "I know no way of judging the
future but by the past."  In the past man has trampled on the environment.
     "The word 'ecology' means 'a study of home.'"  It means discovering what
damage man has done, then finding ways to fix it.The Environmental Protection
Agency is trying to fix our home, the planet Earth.
     Destruction of forests, land degradation, atmosperic contamination, and
water scarcity are some of the major environmental problems.  In 1970, the EPA
was created by President Nixon to protect the public health and environment.
The cancer-causing DDT was banned in 1972 and was found accumulating in the food
chain.  The use of lead in gasoline was phased out in '73 which caused lead
levels to  drop 98%.  In '74 the agency required drinking water to be physically
and chemically treated.  CFCs were banned in '78 and a nation-wide toxic waste
site cleanup program was developed in 1980.  The EPA then evacuated Times Beach,
Montana for dangerous levels of dioxin in soil, which was then criticized for
its heavyhandedness and arrogance.  Charges of mismanagement and undue political
influence caused the head of the EPA to resign in '83.  "The deputy director
resigns because of charges of making a 'hit list' of employees to be hired,
fired, or promoted because of political leanings.  The former head of the toxic
waste cleanup is found guilty of perjury and obstructing congressional inquiry.
A regulation requiring treatment of hazardous wastes before disposal underground
was made in 1984."  The spill of the Exxon Valdez caused the Environmental
Protection Agency to be ctiticized for slow response in '89.  Texas Eastern Gas
Pipeline was fined $15 million for the contamination of PCB at 89 sites in '90.
They were also required to pay $750 million in cleanups.  "The  EPA then
develops the new Clean Air Act which required state...

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