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The Environmental Protection Agency's Draft Report on the Environment 2003

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Draft Report on the Environment 2003

In June of 2003, the Environmental Protection Agency published its first-ever comprehensive report on the U.S. environment...

The Alternative Motor Fuels Act of 1988

The combustion of gasoline and diesel, the most widely used motor fuels, results in the emission into the atmosphere of a wide variety of air pollutants. Some pose direct hazards to human health, some react with other atmospheric substances to...

The United Nations Environment Programme

The United Nations Environment Programme

Recognizing that environmental issues required further attention by United Nations-sponsored conferences, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) held its...

The EPA's NOx SIP Call

Under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets national air quality standards for six common pollutants: carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides (NOx), ground-level ozone, lead, and particulate matter. Each state...

The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NPDES

Throughout much of the 20th century, Congress struggled to establish an effective legislative plan to improve and protect water quality. Various problems, including the lack of enforcement mechanisms and state cooperation, resulted in an overall...