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.

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 ...

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I don’t think so. President Richard Nixon had it right when he formed the EPA in 1970 and signed the Clean Water Act in 1972. Another suggestion has been to reduce EPA air quality regulations.

Let’s not forget that it was under a Republican president and a Democratic Congress that the EPA was established in ... First Lady Patricia Nixon visited the site that year and focused on ...

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