The Environmental Protection Agency

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analysis that EPA provides. The Environmental Protection
Agency is unique among environmental regulatory agencies in that it deals
with both public health and resource management issues. Its comprehensive
authority is reflected in its position in the Executive Branch. It is the
only regulatory agency whose administrator reports directly to the
President. No single agency, however, can be understood in isolation. It
is constantly influencing, and being influenced by, the courts, interest
groups, the Congress, and other parts of Executive Branch.
Our story really begins with the great movement to the suburbs
after World WarII. Hoards of upwardly mobile white-collar workers left
crowded cities for localities with clean air, gardens, and grass. However,
the reality of suburban life – smog, traffic jams and strip development –
too often left this rural fantasy unrealized. At the same time some rural
folk watched with dismay as their small towns became urbanized. ...

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deeply appreciated the public works projects that
had brought electricity to their homes, paved roads to their doorstep, and
saved heir land from the dual ravages of flood and drought. They were
upset at the new criticism of such projects, as were the construction
unions whose members built these same dams and roads. Republicans too were
torn. Environmentalism risked antagonizing their traditional friends in
the business community. Fiscal conservatives and opponents of government
intrusion were also upset by demands for increased public and private
spending on pollution control. Leaders in both parties sought to frame
environmental programs to avoid these divisions. The resulting ...

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