d. The establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency
The American President Richard Nixon established The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on December 2, 1970, during his second term. The federal agency had the mission to protect human and environmental health. Two years later, the organization passed its first piece of legislation, the Clean Air Act that aimed to regulate air emissions from both stationary and mobile sources such as industries and vehicles. It eventually accomplished to pass other acts that were beneficial to the environment.
