The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have a typical origin story. Congress did not create it by enacting a statute; President Richard Nixon created it by presidential edict.

PFAS could be the rare environmental issue that gets addressed this term.

Since President Richard Nixon created the EPA in 1970, the U.S. population has grown by 62% and its gross domestic product has more than quadrupled. People in the U.S. drive almost three times as ...

Since President Richard Nixon created the EPA in 1970, the U.S. population has grown by 62% and its gross domestic product has more than quadrupled. People in the U.S. drive almost three times as ...

In 1970, Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency to help preserve the planet. He was a global pioneer in recognising the damage humans were doing to the planet. “I would struggle to ...