Should we get rid of the Environmental Protection Agency?
Nicholas Bien
Information from http://epa.gov/
No
• Why?– Corporations are evil.– Without it, our rivers would be on fire.• Like the Cuyahoga River in Ohio in 1969
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The EPA
• The EPA writes and enforces legislation that:– Limits air pollution• Clean Air Act• Air Quality Act• Toxic Substances Control Act
– Protects our water supplies• Water Pollution Control Act• Water Quality Act• Clean Water Act
The EPA
– Regulates mining, drilling, and farming practices• Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act• Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
– Saves remaining wilderness areas• Wilderness Act• Scenic Rivers Protection Act
– Assists endangered species• Endangered Species Act• Marine Mammal Protection Act