What Is The Resource Conservation And Recovery Act?
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act requires anyone who generates, transports or disposes of harmful pollutants to keep strict records. Any facility that keeps or disposes of hazardous …
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What Is The Environmental Protection Agency?
President Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970. It administers the vast majority of environmental laws and also coordinates environmental policies. Some of the …
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What Is The Clean Air Act?
The Clean Air Act was established in 1955. In 1970, the responsibility for setting airquality standards was switched from the state governments to the federal one. The EPA became responsible …
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The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
In 1986, the federal government established an Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to help with the cleanup costs after an oil spill. However, when the Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in 1989 the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund was still not funded and thus no help to Exxon, Alaska or the people affected by the disaster. Learning from that mistake, the government took action in 1990 to fund the …
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Toxic Torts: Lawsuits for Exposure to Toxic Materials
What is in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the dirt which grows our food, the vaccines we give our children and the products that we use? We hope and trust that our air, water, soil, vaccines and products are clean and free from environmental toxins. However, that is not always the case. Sometimes, companies release toxic substances into the environment, or they include …
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