History of the EPA
Below we serve up glimpses of EPA's history in five different "flavors":
Oral History Videos
Alumni have recorded videos on a variety of subjects. Most videos are 45 to 60 minutes in length but are broken down into chapters for easier viewing. Transcripts and podcast versions of these videos are also provided.
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Early Implementation of the Clean Air Act of 1970 in California
Three former Region 9 employees (John Wise, Dave Calkins, and David Souten) and Bill Ruckelshaus and Mary Nichols tell the story of how EPA applied the new Clean Air Act of 1970 with its stringent standards and deadlines to the very difficult challenge of cleaning up the most polluted region in the nation--the Los Angeles Air Basin.
Half Century of Environmental Progress
High school and college students as well as others may not know about the major environmental problems and issues encountered in the United States in the latter half of the 20th century, how they were addressed, and the importance of continued vigilance in attacking remaining and evolving issues. This history of EPA has been written for them."
Half Century of Progress: Overview
From Half Century of Progress: OverviewCategories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Air: Stationary, Enforcement, International, Pesticides, Regions, Solid Waste, States, Superfund, Toxics, Water: General
The Air We Breathe: A Half Century of Progress
From The Air We Breathe: A Half Century of ProgressCategories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Air: Stationary
EPA Journals
For many years, EPA published the "EPA Journal" with interesting articles on a very wide variety of topics. The Association is slowly digitizing and categorizing these Journals. To date we have digitized 3034 articles.
New Directions in the Air Program: An Interview with David G. Hawkins
From Labor and EPA, Nov. 1977Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Air: Stationary, Radiation
Questions and Answers: An Interview with William G. Rosenberg
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Economic Impact, Health, Prevention
Testing the Potential of Cleanup Technology by Susan Tejada
From Secrets of the Forest: Another Challenge for EPA's Research Program, May. 1984Categories: Air: General, RCRA, Research, Water: General
Update
From Phasing Down Lead in Gasoline, May. 1985Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Science Advisory Board, Toxics, Water: General
New Air Strategies: An Interview with David G. Hawkins
From The Air You Breathe, Oct. 1978Categories: Air: General, Industry, Management of Agency, States
Environmental Annals: Two "Killer Smogs" the Headlines Missed by Roy Popkin
From Our Fragile Atmosphere: The Greenhouse Effect and Ozone Depletion, Dec. 1986Categories: Air: General
Update
From The Federal Effort, Sep. 1980Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Industry, Pesticides, Toxics, Water: Drinking
Around the Nation
From Emerging from Summer's Smog, Sep. 1977Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Regions, Water: General
On the Legislative Front: An Interview with Charles S. Warren
From Looking to the Future, May. 1978Categories: Air: General, Congress, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Water: General
Update
From Science and the Future, Oct. 1980Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Research, Toxics, Water: General
Environmental Equity: EPA's Position by William K. Reilly
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Air: Stationary, Civil Rights, Economic Impact, Environmental Justice, Health, Lead, Pesticides, Regions, Science Advisory Board, States, Superfund, Water: Drinking
Smog: Its Nature and Effects by Bob Burke
From The Challenge of Ozone Pollution, Oct. 1987Categories: Air: General
Update
From Taking a Global View, Sep. 1987Categories: Air: General, Pesticides, RCRA, Water: Drinking
EPA Roundup: EPA Launches Natural Gas Star Program
From Pollution Prevention: It's a Whole New Way of Doing Business..., Jul. 1993Categories: Air: General
Monitoring Coal by Richard Wilson
From Environment and the Law, Jun. 1980Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Policy and Planning
An International Perspective
From Acid Rain: Looking Ahead, Jun. 1986Categories: Air: General, International
Breathing Polluted Air by D.R. Wernette and L.A. Nieves
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Air: Stationary, Environmental Justice
Help for Problems
From Decade of the Environment, Nov. 1980Categories: Air: General, Management of Agency, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Radiation, RCRA, Toxics, Water: Drinking, Water: General
Forum: Is the Air Visibility of Our National Parks Being Adequately Protected? Yes and No by John J. Kearney
From Our Stake in the Outdoors; Visibility in the National Parks; New EPA Budget Trends, May. 1981Categories: Air: General, Policy and Planning
A Spectrum of Missions: An Interview with Dr. John E. Cantlon
From Science and the Future, Oct. 1980Categories: Air: General, Radiation, Toxics
EPA's Achievements: Some Highlights
From Fifteenth Year Anniversary Issue, Nov. 1985Categories: Air: General, Pesticides, Superfund, Toxics, Water: General
Environmental Quality in the Western World by J. W. MacNeill
From State of the Environment, Jan. 1980Categories: Air: General, Economic Impact, International, Toxics, Water: Drinking, Water: General
Science and the Regulatory Process by Erich W. Bretthauer and Peter R. Jutro
From EPA: A Regulatory Agency, Mar. 1988Categories: Air: General, Research
Operating Permits: Business Concerns by John Quarles
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Air: Stationary
Why the Clean Air Act Needs Adjustment by Kathleen M. Bennett
From Environmental Protection: A Look at Pennsylvania; The Administration's Clean Air Principle; Construction Grant Regulation Slash, Sep. 1981Categories: Air: General, Lead, Policy and Planning, States
What You Need to Know About the New Clean Air Act
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile
Update: Recent Agency Developments
From Controlling Hazardous Waste, Oct. 1984Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Enforcement, Pesticides, Toxics, Water: General
Making the Smog Cleanup Happen in L.A. by James M. Lents
From Protecting the Earth: Are Our Institutions Up to It?, Jul. 1989Categories: Air: General, Local Programs
Investigating Acid Rain
From Chemicals and the Environment, Nov. 1981Categories: Air: General, Congress, Management of Agency, Policy and Planning
An Enforcement Status Report by Courtney M. Price
From Taking a Global View, Jan. 1985Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Management of Agency, RCRA, Water: General
Lending a Hand in Egypt by Truman Temple
From Health and the Environment, Mar. 1979Categories: Air: General, Health, International, Pesticides, Research, Water: General
Update
From Global Perspectives, Feb. 1981Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Health, International, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, RCRA, Research, States, Toxics, Water: General
Regulatory Delays by John Quarles
From Discharging Enforcement Responsibilities, Mar. 1984Categories: Air: General, Industry
The 11 Principles
From Environmental Protection: A Look at Pennsylvania; The Administration's Clean Air Principle; Construction Grant Regulation Slash, Sep. 1981Categories: Air: General, Congress, Health, Management of Agency, Research, States
Update
From Land and the Environment, Jul. 1980Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Management of Agency, Pesticides, Public, The, Toxics, Water: General
Helping Preserve Greek Temples
From Noise and the Environment, Oct. 1979Categories: Air: General, International
International Cooperation Begins at Home by Alice Brandeis Popkin
From World Environment, Jun. 1978Categories: Air: General, International, Water: General
New Chairman of Senate Committee Lists Environmental Goals by Senator Quentin Burdick
From Enforcing Environmental Laws, Mar. 1987Categories: Air: General, Congress, Superfund, Water: Drinking, Water: General
Around the Nation
From The Environmentalists, Apr. 1978Categories: Air: General, Industry, Public, The, Regions, Tribes, Water: Drinking, Water: General
An Environmental Accounting
From The Environmentalists, Apr. 1978Categories: Air: General, CEQ, Climate, Congress, Economic Impact, Water: General
Highlights of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General
How Researchers Are Learning Ozone's Health Effects by William McDonnell and Donald Horstman
From Predicting Ozone Pollution: Another Tool from EPA Research, Jun. 1987Categories: Air: General, Health, Research
Views from Former Administrators
From Fifteenth Year Anniversary Issue, Nov. 1985Categories: Air: General, Congress, Education, International, Pesticides, Prevention, RCRA, States, Superfund, Toxics
New Air Rules Proposed for Particulate Matter
From Environmental Progress and Challenges, Apr. 1984Categories: Air: General, Health, Policy and Planning
Reformulated Gasoline: What Makes It Different?
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile
EPA Newsline: EPA's Budget Upped to $6.2 Billion
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Budget, Economic Impact, Lead, Pesticides
How It Might Be: Air Pollution by Eugene C. Durman
From The Greenhouse Effect: How It Can Change Our Lives, Jan. 1989Categories: Air: General, Climate, Policy and Planning
Skin Cancer: The Price for a Depleted Ozone Layer by Medwin M. Mintzis, M.D.
From Our Fragile Atmosphere: The Greenhouse Effect and Ozone Depletion, Dec. 1986Categories: Air: General, Health
A Scorecard on the Urban Environment by Arthur Kaines
From Cities and the Environment, May. 1988Categories: Air: General, Lead, RCRA
Around the Nation
From Decade of the Environment, Nov. 1980Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Regions, Toxics
Enforcement at the Grassroots
From Environment and the Law, Jun. 1980Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, RCRA, Regions, Solid Waste, States, Water: Drinking
Around the Nation
From A Conserving Society, Mar. 1980Categories: Air: General, Air: Stationary, Education, Enforcement, Radiation, Regions, States, Water: General
Air Toxics: The Problem by David Durenberger
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Toxics
Water
From Environmental Progress and Challenges, Apr. 1984Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Air: Stationary, Education, Indoor Air, Lead, Water: Drinking, Water: General, Water: Wetlands
The Air and Water Cleanup: Air Quality
From Fighting Forest Pollution, Jun. 1976Categories: Air: General
Region 10 Report by Douglas Dubois
From A Tribute to Rachel Carson, Nov. 1978Categories: Air: General, Industry, Regions, Solid Waste, States
Monitoring in India
From Health and the Environment, Mar. 1979Categories: Air: General, Health, International, Research, Water: General
Aiding Urban Clean Air Goals by Barbara Blum
From The Air You Breathe, Oct. 1978Categories: Air: General, Economic Impact, Other Federal Agencies
Coal and Ecology by Barbara Blum
From The Federal Effort, Sep. 1980Categories: Air: General, Management of Agency, Policy and Planning, Research
A Perspective from Another Country: The Soviet Task by Alexei Yablokov
From Earth Day, Jan. 1990Categories: Air: General, Economic Impact, International, Pesticides, Radiation, Toxics, Water: Drinking, Water: General
Update
From The Great Lakes, Mar. 1985Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Management of Agency, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Superfund
EPA Roundup: Enforcement
From Sustainable Development: Linkages and Partnerships for the Developing World, Apr. 1993Categories: Air: General, Enforcement
A Skeptic Speaks by Michael Gartner
From Trading for the Future: New Approaches to Environmental Protection, May. 1992Categories: Air: General
NEPA: Past, Present, and Future by Alvin Alm
From Ecology and EPA, Jan. 1988Categories: Air: General, CEQ, NEPA
Around the Nation
From World Environment, Jun. 1978Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Enforcement, Public, The, Regions, Water: Drinking, Water: General
Unfinished Business in Protecting the Environment: A Forum
From Pesticides and the Consumer, May. 1987Categories: Air: General, Climate, Health, Lead, Policy and Planning
Blueprint for Clean Air by Henry Thomas
From The Air You Breathe, Oct. 1978Categories: Air: General, Local Programs, Policy and Planning, States
Update
From Searching for Environmental Safety, Nov. 1983Categories: Air: General, Air: Stationary, Enforcement, Other Federal Agencies, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Radiation, States, Toxics, Water: Drinking
An Introduction by Norris McDonald
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Health, Lead
Update
From Forum on Clean Air Act; Regulatory Management; Topsoil: Base of Civilization, Apr. 1981Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Radiation, RCRA, Research, Toxics
Lead Cleanup in the Midwest
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Children, Health, Lead, Water: Drinking
The Path Ahead: An Interview with Administrator Douglas M. Costle
From Industry and EPA, Jan. 1978Categories: Air: General, Congress, Water: General
Update
From State of the Environment, Jan. 1980Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Enforcement, Policy and Planning
The Pursuit of a Better Environment
From Environmental Protection: A Look at Pennsylvania; The Administration's Clean Air Principle; Construction Grant Regulation Slash, Sep. 1981Categories: Air: General, States
Looking Ahead: At the Gasoline Pump by Kenneth R. Dickerson
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile
Highlights of the Federal Environmental Effort: A Fact Sheet
From The Federal Effort, Sep. 1980Categories: Air: General, CEQ, Pesticides, Radiation, Research, Solid Waste, States, Toxics, Water: General
EPA and NEPA: Challenges and Goals by Jennifer Joy Wilson
From Ecology and EPA, Jan. 1988Categories: Air: General, CEQ, Management of Agency, NEPA
Marketing Acid Rain Control
From Making Economic and Environmental Sense: How Green Technology Works Better, Costs Less, Sep. 1994Categories: Air: General
A Free Enterprise Approach for Air Pollution Control by Dave Ryan
From Forum on Clean Air Act; Regulatory Management; Topsoil: Base of Civilization, Apr. 1981Categories: Air: General, Economic Impact, Policy and Planning
Newsline: Chemical Plants to Control Toxic Emissions
From Profiles in Risk Assessment: New Science, New Contexts, Jan. 1993Categories: Air: General, Toxics
EPA, Ozone Pollution, and the Law by Richard Ossias
From The Challenge of Ozone Pollution, Oct. 1987Categories: Air: General, States
Update
From Industry and EPA, Jan. 1978Categories: Air: General, Congress, Pesticides, Solid Waste, Water: Drinking
A Matter of Life and Breath by Chris Perham
From The Air You Breathe, Oct. 1978Categories: Air: General, Health, Research
Wood: A Growing Energy Source
From Energy and the Environment, Apr. 1979Categories: Air: General, Research
State of the Environment: A Fact Sheet
From State of the Environment, Jan. 1980Categories: Air: General, Pesticides, Radiation, Toxics, Water: General
Gains on the Air and Ocean Fronts
From Skiing and the Environment, Purer Drinking Water, Feb. 1977Categories: Air: General, Enforcement
The National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program
From Acid Rain: Looking Ahead, Jun. 1986Categories: Air: General, CEQ, Other Federal Agencies, Research
Update
From Protecting Our Wetlands, Jan. 1986Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Pesticides, RCRA, Research, Toxics
Next Steps in the Battle Against Smog by Lee M. Thomas
From The Challenge of Ozone Pollution, Oct. 1987Categories: Air: General, Management of Agency
Emergency Responses by Industry and Government
From Protecting America's Land, Jul. 1982Categories: Air: General, Industry
There's More than Poetry in the Clouds by Gregg Sekscienski
From Environmental Data: Providing Answers or Raising Questions?, May. 1989Categories: Air: General, Research
The New Clean Air Act: An Environmental Milestone
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Economic Impact, Health
Update
From Our Stake in the Outdoors; Visibility in the National Parks; New EPA Budget Trends, May. 1981Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Industry, Policy and Planning, RCRA, States, Water: General
Around the Nation
From Protecting the Oceans, Mar. 1981Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Regions, States, Toxics
The Clean Air Program: Options for the Future by R. Shep Melnick
From Protecting Our Air, Sep. 1984Categories: Air: General
Overview: Assessing the Planet's Condition by Lester R. Brown
From The World Economy and the Environment: A New Relationship, Jul. 1990Categories: Air: General, Climate, Congress, Conservation
The Mainstream Environmental Movement by John H. Adams
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Children, Environmental Justice, Health, Lead, Pesticides, Solid Waste, States, Toxics, Water: Drinking
News Briefs
From Curbing Global Pollution, Oct. 1976Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Health, Toxics
A Future for the Rockies by John Heritage
From Energy and the Environment, Apr. 1979Categories: Air: General, Regions
Reducing Existing Pollution
From Earth Day 1995: The 25th Anniversary, Jan. 1995Categories: Air: General, Air: Stationary, Climate, RCRA, Water: General
A Challenge to Congress by Representative V. Dellums
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Congress, Environmental Justice, Health, Lead, Public, The, RCRA, Toxics, Water: General
Update
From Protecting Our Estuaries, Jul. 1987Categories: Air: General, Health, RCRA, States, Water: Drinking
Looking Ahead: The Economic Impact by Keith Mason
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Economic Impact, Toxics
Update
From The Air You Breathe, Oct. 1978Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Pesticides, Solid Waste, States, Water: Drinking, Water: Wetlands
Urban Air Quality: The Strategy by John Seitz
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General
Particulates: Science Advances, Standards Change by Henry Thomas
From Environmental Perspectives, Dec. 1987Categories: Air: General, Management of Agency
Arizona Acts to Protect Clear Sky
From Radioactive Wastes, Feb. 1976Categories: Air: General, States
Ozone Loss: Modern Tools for a Modern Problem by David Lee
From Trading for the Future: New Approaches to Environmental Protection, May. 1992Categories: Air: General, Policy and Planning
State and Local Involvement
From The Protection of Our Environment, May. 1982Categories: Air: General, Local Programs, Pesticides, Radiation, RCRA, Regions, States, Toxics, Water: General
Regrouping for the Clean Air Fight by Roger Strelow
From Protecting Clean Air, May. 1975Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Policy and Planning
Around the Nation
From Superfund, Jun. 1981Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Education, Enforcement, RCRA, Regions, States, Tribes, Water: General
Ill Winds Carry No Visas by Dr. Mostafa K. Tolba
From Our Fragile Atmosphere: The Greenhouse Effect and Ozone Depletion, Dec. 1986Categories: Air: General, Climate, International
The Watchdog by Michael Novick
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Air: Stationary, Health, Toxics
Newsline: Communities that Violate Air Standards Are Named
From NPS Pollution: Runoff of Rain and Snowmelt: Our Biggest Water Quality Problem, Nov. 1991Categories: Air: General
The New Clean Air Act
From Emerging from Summer's Smog, Sep. 1977Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Congress, Policy and Planning, States
Acid Rain: An EPA Journal Special Supplement
From Acid Rain: Looking Ahead, Jun. 1986Categories: Air: General
The Threat to the Parks by Paul Pritchard
From Our Stake in the Outdoors; Visibility in the National Parks; New EPA Budget Trends, May. 1981Categories: Air: General, Congress, Other Federal Agencies, Policy and Planning
Protecting Ohio's Environment by James A. Rhodes
From Ohio and the Environment, Sep. 1982Categories: Air: General, RCRA, States, Superfund, Water: General
Taking Steps to Control Wood Stove Pollution by Roy Popkin
From Financing the Next Generation of Wastewater Treatment, Nov. 1986Categories: Air: General, Industry
Reflections on the Nation's Air Cleanup by Joseph Padgett
From Phasing Down Lead in Gasoline, May. 1985Categories: Air: General
Urban Air Quality: The Problem by John A. Paul
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Air: Stationary
New Clean Air Bill Wins Administration Support
From A Look Ahead, Jan. 1982Categories: Air: General, Congress
Update
From Our Fragile Atmosphere: The Greenhouse Effect and Ozone Depletion, Dec. 1986Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Lead, Pesticides, RCRA, Toxics
Air Toxics: The Strategy by Lydia Wegman
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Air: Stationary, Economic Impact, Toxics
Stratospheric Ozone: The Strategy by Stephen R. Seidel
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General
EPA Roundup: Ongoing Enforcement
From Pollution Prevention: It's a Whole New Way of Doing Business..., Jul. 1993Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, RCRA
Newsline: Grand Canyon Visibility to Improve Under EPA Rule
From Environmental Education, Sep. 1991Categories: Air: General
Reviewing the Acid Rain Issue: An Interview with William Ruckelshaus
From Protecting Our Air, Sep. 1984Categories: Air: General, Management of Agency, Policy and Planning, Research
Gorsuch Commends State Air Contributions
From New Directions, Jul. 1981Categories: Air: General, Management of Agency, States
A Look at Air Quality Trends by Bob Burke
From The Challenge of Ozone Pollution, Oct. 1987Categories: Air: General, Lead
Update
From The Greenhouse Effect: How It Can Change Our Lives, Jan. 1989Categories: Air: General, Indoor Air, International, Water: General
Newsline: New Report Shows Progress in Air Quality
From Setting Environmental Priorities: The Debate About Risk, Mar. 1991Categories: Air: General
On the Cutting Edge by Truman Temple
From Science and the Future, Oct. 1980Categories: Air: General, Health, Research
Around the Nation
From Forum on Clean Air Act; Regulatory Management; Topsoil: Base of Civilization, Apr. 1981Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Regions, States
The Ozone Hole Over America
From Our Fragile Atmosphere: The Greenhouse Effect and Ozone Depletion, Dec. 1986Categories: Air: General
Lead and Children by David Cohen
From Cities and the Environment, Feb. 1978Categories: Air: General, Children, Economic Impact, Health, Lead, Policy and Planning, Water: Drinking
Answers about Ozone Pollution: An Interview with J. Craig Potter
From The Challenge of Ozone Pollution, Oct. 1987Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Health, Management of Agency
Campaign to Protect Ozone
From Science and the Future, Oct. 1980Categories: Air: General, Health, International
Cutting Costs While Cleaning Air by Carl Gagliardi
From Secrets of the Forest: Another Challenge for EPA's Research Program, May. 1984Categories: Air: General, Industry, Research
Environmental Issues Facing the 99th Congress by Lloyd Bentsen
From Taking a Global View, Jan. 1985Categories: Air: General, Congress, Policy and Planning, Superfund
Newsline: Toxic Emissions from Dry Cleaners to Be Reduced
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Toxics
Pollution Where You'd Least Expect It by David B. Joseph
From Environmental Perspectives, Mar. 1986Categories: Air: General, Other Federal Agencies, Policy and Planning
The Nation's Air Cleanup: An Interview with Joseph A. Cannon
From Protecting Our Air, Sep. 1984Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Management of Agency
Looking Back; Looking Ahead: Earth Day: One View by Denis Hayes
From Earth Day, Jan. 1990Categories: Air: General, International, Local Programs, Pesticides, Toxics
A Forum: The Los Angeles Venture
From Trading for the Future: New Approaches to Environmental Protection, May. 1992Categories: Air: General
Helping Cities by Barbara Blum
From The Vermont Story, May. 1979Categories: Air: General, Budget, Management of Agency, Regions, Water: General
Pittsburgh: Yesterday and Today
From Environmental Protection: A Look at Pennsylvania; The Administration's Clean Air Principle; Construction Grant Regulation Slash, Sep. 1981Categories: Air: General
Progressive Environmental Control by Valdas V. Adamkus
From Ohio and the Environment, Sep. 1982Categories: Air: General, RCRA, Regions, States, Superfund, Water: Drinking, Water: General
Operating Permits: The New Program by Alan W. Eckert and John Quarles
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Air: Stationary
The Challenge of 1975
From We Begin, Jan. 1975Categories: Air: General, Economic Impact, Management of Agency, Public, The
News Briefs
From Health and the Environment, Mar. 1979Categories: Air: General, Health, Other Federal Agencies
Update
From Environment and the Law, Jun. 1980Categories: Air: General, CEQ, Management of Agency, Other Federal Agencies, Radiation, Research, Toxics
EPA's CRADA Agreements: Sharing Expertise with Industry by Peter W. Preuss
From Making Economic and Environmental Sense: How Green Technology Works Better, Costs Less, Sep. 1994Categories: Air: General, Industry, Other Federal Agencies, Pesticides, Prevention
Cause for Immediate Concern by Ken Sexton
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Environmental Justice, Health, Lead, Toxics
Looking Back; Looking Ahead: EPA by William D. Ruckelshaus
From Earth Day, Jan. 1990Categories: Air: General, Congress, Enforcement, Public, The, Solid Waste, States, Water: General
Drought Aggravates Pollution Problems
From Soil and Pollution, Apr. 1977Categories: Air: General, Regions, States, Water: General
Keeping Tabs on Air Quality by Roy Popkin
From Environmental Data: Providing Answers or Raising Questions?, May. 1989Categories: Air: General
Air
From EPA: The First Twenty Years, The Bald Eagle: A Treasure Preserved, Sep. 1990Categories: Air: General
Smog May Kill Forest by Chris West
From Billions for Clean Water, Sep. 1975Categories: Air: General, Research
History as Seen by the Regional Administrators
From Fifteenth Year Anniversary Issue, Nov. 1985Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Regions, States, Superfund, Water: General
Curbing Chemical Threats
From Radioactive Wastes, Feb. 1976Categories: Air: General, Pesticides, Prevention, Research, Toxics
A Challenge to EPA by Deeohn Ferris
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Children, Civil Rights, Environmental Justice, Health, Lead, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, States, Toxics, Water: Drinking, Water: General
Protecting the Public from Toxic Air Pollutants by David Patrick
From Reducing Risks from Toxic Substances, Jun. 1985Categories: Air: General, Policy and Planning, Toxics
News Briefs
From Education and the Environment, Jan. 1981Categories: Air: General, Congress, Policy and Planning, Superfund
Growth and Clean Air by John Heritage
From The Air You Breathe, Oct. 1978Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Economic Impact, Policy and Planning
Viewpoints: A Skeptical Observer by Frank Blake
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General
Around the Nation
From Health and the Environment, Mar. 1979Categories: Air: General, Education, Enforcement, RCRA, Regions
Viewpoints: Pizza at Midnight by Rob Brenner and John Beale
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile
Around the Nation
From Waste Alert!, Feb. 1979Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Public, The, Regions, States, Water: General
Reducing Paint Pollution
From Technology and the Environment, Sep. 1979Categories: Air: General, Industry, Policy and Planning, Research
EPA Roundup: Emissions Standards Proposed for Marine Engines
From Making Economic and Environmental Sense: How Green Technology Works Better, Costs Less, Sep. 1994Categories: Air: General
The Challenge of Ozone Pollution
From The Challenge of Ozone Pollution, Oct. 1987Categories: Air: General
EPA Roundup: Utilities Receive Bonus Allowances for Acid Rain
From Clean Water Agenda: Remaking the Laws that Protect Our Water Resources, Jun. 1994Categories: Air: General
Initiatives to Deal with L.A. Smog by Judith E. Ayres
From Phasing Down Lead in Gasoline, May. 1985Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Policy and Planning, Regions
EPA Newsline: On a Clear Day
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Air: Stationary
Co-funding ADVACATE
From Making Economic and Environmental Sense: How Green Technology Works Better, Costs Less, Sep. 1994Categories: Air: General, Research
Newsline: Air Pollution Down Over Last 10 Years
From Profiles in Risk Assessment: New Science, New Contexts, Jan. 1993Categories: Air: General
Global Challenges at EPA by Lee M. Thomas
From Our Fragile Atmosphere: The Greenhouse Effect and Ozone Depletion, Dec. 1986Categories: Air: General, Climate, International, Management of Agency
A Strategy to Reduce Pollution from Ozone by Lee M. Thomas
From Protecting Our Drinking Water, Sep. 1986Categories: Air: General, Management of Agency
Newsline: Acid Rain Emissions to Be Cut in Half
From NPS Pollution: Runoff of Rain and Snowmelt: Our Biggest Water Quality Problem, Nov. 1991Categories: Air: General
Around the Nation
From The Federal Effort, Sep. 1980Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Radiation, RCRA, Regions
News Briefs
From Our Stake in the Outdoors; Visibility in the National Parks; New EPA Budget Trends, May. 1981Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Industry
Update
From EPA and the Community, Dec. 1985Categories: Air: General, Health, Pesticides, RCRA, Superfund, Toxics, Water: General
Building a Better Refrigerator by Gary Fernstrom
From Post-Rio: The Challenge at Home, Sep. 1992Categories: Air: General, Industry
Forum on the Clean Air Act: Should the Clean Air Act Be Changed?: Needed: A More Balanced Approach by Howard H. Kehrl
From Forum on Clean Air Act; Regulatory Management; Topsoil: Base of Civilization, Apr. 1981Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Industry
Update
From A Tribute to Rachel Carson, Nov. 1978Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Lead, Pesticides, Research, Solid Waste, Toxics, Water: General
Update
From Energy and the Environment, Apr. 1979Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Enforcement, Pesticides, Research, Solid Waste, Toxics, Water: General
Finding Technologies to Control Ozone Pollution by Jack Lewis
From The Challenge of Ozone Pollution, Oct. 1987Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Air: Stationary
Solutions to the Smog Dilemma: A Forum
From The Challenge of Ozone Pollution, Oct. 1987Categories: Air: General, Congress, Industry
Pollution Over the Arctic by Glenn E. Shaw
From Toward a Conserving Society, Jul. 1985Categories: Air: General
A Common-Sense Approach
From Earth Day 1995: The 25th Anniversary, Jan. 1995Categories: Air: General, Policy and Planning
Clean Air and the Cities by Barbara Blum
From Transportation, Feb. 1980Categories: Air: General, Economic Impact, Policy and Planning, States
Region 5 Report
From Looking to the Future, May. 1978Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Enforcement, Management of Agency, Radiation, RCRA, Regions, States, Toxics, Water: General
Powering the Future by Robert H. Williams
From Post-Rio: The Challenge at Home, Sep. 1992Categories: Air: General, Climate
Protecting Clean Air in National Parks
From A Conserving Society, Mar. 1980Categories: Air: General, Other Federal Agencies, Policy and Planning, States
New Enforcement Tools Under the 1990 Amendments by Michael S. Alushin
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Enforcement
Green Protectors by Chris Perham
From Cities and the Environment, Feb. 1978Categories: Air: General, Research
The Saga of Spray Cans
From Our Fragile Atmosphere: The Greenhouse Effect and Ozone Depletion, Dec. 1986Categories: Air: General
EPA Newsline: Joint Study of Forest Health
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Climate
Charlie Brown and Clean Air
From State of the Environment, Jan. 1980Categories: Air: General, Education
Have Minorities Benefited...? A Forum
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Civil Rights, Congress, Economic Impact, Environmental Justice, Lead, Other Federal Agencies, RCRA, Solid Waste, Superfund, Toxics, Tribes, Water: General
Update
From Toward a Conserving Society, Jul. 1985Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Enforcement, Health, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, States, Superfund, Toxics
Viewpoints: An Environmentalist's Perspective by Richard E. Ayres
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Air: Stationary
Update
From The Vermont Story, May. 1979Categories: Air: General, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, Toxics, Water: Drinking
Update: New Agency Developments
From Regulating Pesticides, Jun. 1984Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Enforcement, Pesticides, RCRA, Toxics, Water: General
EPA Science Highlights
From Secrets of the Forest: Another Challenge for EPA's Research Program, May. 1984Categories: Air: General, RCRA, Research, Water: Drinking, Water: General
Tracking Pollution Plumes by Valerie Whitney
From The Federal Effort, Sep. 1980Categories: Air: General, Research
Featuring EPA: Clearing the Air by Rich ten Wolde
From Profiles in Risk Assessment: New Science, New Contexts, Jan. 1993Categories: Air: General, Research
EPA and Bio-Energy by Don Lief
From Land and the Environment, Jul. 1980Categories: Air: General, Solid Waste
Update
From Toxics in Water: A Hidden Threat, Sep. 1985Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Pesticides, Toxics, Water: General
A Threat to Earth's Protective Shield by Dr. F. Sherwood Rowland
From Our Fragile Atmosphere: The Greenhouse Effect and Ozone Depletion, Dec. 1986Categories: Air: General
Progress and Challenges by Douglas M. Costle
From State of the Environment, Jan. 1980Categories: Air: General, Air: Stationary, Budget, International, Management of Agency, RCRA, Toxics, Water: General
Steel Cleanup by Richard Wilson
From State of the Environment, Jan. 1980Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Industry, Water: General
Initiatives by EPA's Enforcement Offices
From Enforcing Environmental Laws, Mar. 1987Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Management of Agency, RCRA, Toxics, Water: Drinking
Projecting Levels of Ozone Pollution by Robert Lamb
From Predicting Ozone Pollution: Another Tool from EPA Research, Jun. 1987Categories: Air: General, Research
Looking Back; Looking Ahead: The Clean Air Act of 1970 by Paul G. Rogers
From Earth Day, Jan. 1990Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Air: Stationary, Congress, Enforcement, International
Reagan Commitment to Environment Fulfilled in EPA's '81
From A Look Ahead, Jan. 1982Categories: Air: General, Budget, Congress, Enforcement, Management of Agency, Superfund, Water: General
How the NEPA/Section 309 Process Works
From Ecology and EPA, Jan. 1988Categories: Air: General, CEQ, NEPA
Update
From The Challenge of Ozone Pollution, Oct. 1987Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Pesticides
Living With King Coal: An Interview With Stephen J. Gage
From Carter on the Environment, Jun. 1977Categories: Air: General, Budget, Economic Impact, Other Federal Agencies, Research, Solid Waste
EPA Helps Iran Solve Air Pollution by Roger Strelow
From Research on the Plains, Nov. 1976Categories: Air: General, Air: Stationary, International
Update: New Agency Developments
From Secrets of the Forest: Another Challenge for EPA's Research Program, May. 1984Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Management of Agency, Pesticides, States, Superfund, Toxics, Water: General
Answering a Burning Question by John F. Kowalczyk
From Who Needs the Feds! Environmental Succes Stories from Grassroots America, Nov. 1989Categories: Air: General, States
Update
From Cities and the Environment, May. 1988Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Enforcement, States, Toxics, Water: General
Newsline: Battery-Powered Lawn Mowers to Be Studied for Smog Reduction
From Post-Rio: The Challenge at Home, Sep. 1992Categories: Air: General, Research
Our Fragile Atmosphere: The Greenhouse Effect and Ozone Depletion
From Our Fragile Atmosphere: The Greenhouse Effect and Ozone Depletion, Dec. 1986Categories: Air: General
Newsline: Ongoing Enforcement Actions
From NPS Pollution: Runoff of Rain and Snowmelt: Our Biggest Water Quality Problem, Nov. 1991Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, RCRA
Plans as Pollution Sentinels by Carolyn Worsley
From Science and the Future, Oct. 1980Categories: Air: General, Research
The Toxic Avengers by Linda R. Prout
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Health, Radiation, Toxics
Chronicle: London's Historic "Pea Soupers" by David Urbinato
From Clean Water Agenda: Remaking the Laws that Protect Our Water Resources, Jun. 1994Categories: Air: General, International
Newsline: "Cash for Clunkers" to Cut Pollution
From Trading for the Future: New Approaches to Environmental Protection, May. 1992Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Air: Stationary
Update
From Mysteries of the Atmosphere, Another Challenge for Environmental Technology, Oct. 1985Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Pesticides, Radiation, RCRA, Water: General
The Oil Outlook by Charles DiBona
From Energy and the Environment, Apr. 1979Categories: Air: General, Industry
Stratospheric Ozone: The Problem by John H. Chafee
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Climate
For the Benefit of All by Cliff Jones
From Environmental Protection: A Look at Pennsylvania; The Administration's Clean Air Principle; Construction Grant Regulation Slash, Sep. 1981Categories: Air: General, Policy and Planning, Solid Waste, States, Water: Drinking
Viewpoints: Recollections of a Key Player by George J. Mitchells
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General
Around the Nation
From We Begin, Jan. 1975Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Air: Stationary, Water: General
Implementation Issues
From Acid Rain: Looking Ahead, Jun. 1986Categories: Air: General, Policy and Planning, States
Lasers Help Unravel Air Pollution Mysteries by Donald T. Wruble
From Mysteries of the Atmosphere, Another Challenge for Environmental Technology, Oct. 1985Categories: Air: General, Research
Ozone Protection: The Need for a Global Solution by Richard Barnett
From Our Fragile Atmosphere: The Greenhouse Effect and Ozone Depletion, Dec. 1986Categories: Air: General, Climate, Industry
Old-Time Heat Source Yields New Pollution by Tom Super
From Taking Environmental Initiatives, Apr. 1985Categories: Air: General, Health, Local Programs, States
EPA Newsline: First Rule Under New Clean Air Act
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General
The State of a State by Governor Bob Graham
From State of the Environment, Jan. 1980Categories: Air: General, Conservation, States, Water: General, Water: Wetlands
A Farmer's Guide to EPA by Chris Perham
From Farmers and the Environment, Mar. 1978Categories: Air: General, Industry, Pesticides, Research, Water: General
The Market-Based Approach at EPA by Richard D. Morgenstern
From Trading for the Future: New Approaches to Environmental Protection, May. 1992Categories: Air: General, Policy and Planning
EPA and NEPA: Cases in Point by Richard E. Sanderson
From Ecology and EPA, Jan. 1988Categories: Air: General, CEQ, NEPA, Other Federal Agencies, Regions
Future, Present, and Past
From Fifteenth Year Anniversary Issue, Nov. 1985Categories: Air: General, Education, Industry, Management of Agency, Public, The, RCRA, Superfund, Toxics
St. Louis Study Yielding Air Data
From The Research Mission, Oct. 1975Categories: Air: General, Research
News Briefs
From Decade of the Environment, Nov. 1980Categories: Air: General, Congress, Pesticides, Policy and Planning
Update
From Protecting Public Health, Dec. 1984Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, International, Pesticides, Policy and Planning, States, Toxics
Update
From Education and the Environment, Jan. 1981Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Policy and Planning, RCRA, Research, States, Toxics, Water: Drinking
Update
From Decade of the Environment, Nov. 1980Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Pesticides, Prevention, Research, Toxics, Water: General
Urban Guide to EPA
From Cities and the Environment, Feb. 1978Categories: Air: General, Pesticides, Public, The, Radiation, Research, Solid Waste, Water: Drinking, Water: General
Environmentally Speaking: Industry and EPA by Douglas M. Costle
From Industry and EPA, Jan. 1978Categories: Air: General, Economic Impact, Health, Industry, Other Federal Agencies, Toxics
Thinking About Our Environmental Future by Anne and Paul Ehrlich
From Earth Day, Jan. 1990Categories: Air: General, International
Looking Ahead: Opportunities in the Cleanup by Kenneth C. Leung
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Economic Impact
Pollution Threatens Greek Treasures by David Ryan
From Why Our Wetlands Are Vanishing, Jan. 1977Categories: Air: General, Air: Stationary, International
Protecting the Crown Jewels by Cecil Andrus
From Recreation and the Environment, Jun. 1979Categories: Air: General, CEQ, Education, NEPA, Other Federal Agencies, Water: General
Saving Historic Treasures by Richard Livingston
From A Conserving Society, Mar. 1980Categories: Air: General, International, Other Federal Agencies, Research
Update
From Environmental Perspectives, Mar. 1986Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Pesticides, RCRA, Toxics
New Approaches to the Environment
From Protecting the Oceans, Mar. 1981Categories: Air: General, Management of Agency, Policy and Planning
Relatively High Risks to Human Health
From Setting Environmental Priorities: The Debate About Risk, Mar. 1991Categories: Air: General, Indoor Air, Science Advisory Board, Water: Drinking
The High Cost of Los Angeles Smog
From The Air You Breathe, Oct. 1978Categories: Air: General, Economic Impact, Research
Spelling Out Directions for EPA by Lee Thomas
From Reducing Risks from Toxic Substances, Jun. 1985Categories: Air: General, Management of Agency, Superfund, Toxics, Water: General, Water: Wetlands
Newsline: Chicago Board of Trade to Run Auctions and Direct Sales of SO2 Allowances
From Post-Rio: The Challenge at Home, Sep. 1992Categories: Air: General, Air: Stationary
The Research Behind a Clean Air Proposal
From Secrets of the Forest: Another Challenge for EPA's Research Program, May. 1984Categories: Air: General, Policy and Planning, Research
Situation Reports: From Los Angeles to Atlanta by Roy Popkin
From The Challenge of Ozone Pollution, Oct. 1987Categories: Air: General, Congress, States
News Briefs
From Learning Pesticide Safety, Oct. 1977Categories: Air: General, Public, The, RCRA, Toxics
Forum on the Clean Air Act: Should the Clean Air Act Be Changed?: A Record of Accomplishment by Richard E. Ayres
From Forum on Clean Air Act; Regulatory Management; Topsoil: Base of Civilization, Apr. 1981Categories: Air: General
News Briefs
From Energy and the Environment, Apr. 1979Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Management of Agency, Other Federal Agencies
Road Dust Control by Julianne Knight
From Transportation, Feb. 1980Categories: Air: General, Research
Seeking to Control Hazardous Air Pollutants
From Protecting Our Air, Sep. 1984Categories: Air: General, Policy and Planning, Research
Around the Nation
From Year of the Coast, May. 1980Categories: Air: General, Enforcement, Public, The, RCRA, Regions, Toxics, Tribes, Water: General
Portable CO Monitors
From A New Year for the Environment, Nov. 1982Categories: Air: General, Health, Research
Innovative Housing in Atlanta
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Conservation, Regions
The Kettleman City Story by Jane Kay
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, Health
Update: Recent EPA Actions
From Environmental Progress and Challenges, Apr. 1984Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Enforcement, International, RCRA, Superfund
Will the New Law Protect Public Health? by John R. Garrison
From The New Clean Air Act: What It Means to You, Jan. 1991Categories: Air: General, Economic Impact
Newsline: Phaseout of Ozone Depleters Accelerated
From Environmental Protection: Has It Been Fair?, Mar. 1992Categories: Air: General, International
Environmentally Speaking: Clean Air by Douglas M. Costle
From The Air You Breathe, Oct. 1978Categories: Air: General, Air: Stationary, Management of Agency, Regions, States
Splendor in the Parks by Anthony Wayne Smith
From Recreation and the Environment, Jun. 1979Categories: Air: General, Conservation
What I Believe About the Environment by President George Bush
From Earth Day, Jan. 1990Categories: Air: General, Other Federal Agencies, Pesticides, Prevention, States, Superfund
Update
From Environmental Perspectives, Dec. 1987Categories: Air: General, Air: Mobile, Enforcement, Pesticides, RCRA, Water: Drinking, Water: General
Books & Articles by Alumni
Some of the most detailed history of EPA is contained in books and articles written by alumni.
Chapter 1: Toxic Chemicals Move to Center Stage
From Borrowed Earth, Borrowed Time: Healing America's Chemical Wounds by Glenn E. SchweitzerCategories: Air: General, Toxics
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