Industry actors, Congress, and the EPA are teaming up to potentially make our air less breathable. Such was life in the United States before Congress passed the Clean Air Act (CAA) in 1970. Fifty-five ...

In the 1960s, the urban air pollution crisis in America had reached a fever pitch: Cities were shrouded in smog, union steelworkers were demanding protections for their health, and the Department of ...

Companies that produce and discharge pollutants are subject to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) oversight under the Clean Water Act. The EPA routinely conducts inspections focused on federal ...

Thomas Jorling, adviser to Republicans who cosponsored the 1970 law, disputes the Trump administration’s claim that it shouldn’t apply to planet-warming greenhouse gases. Thomas Jorling with his dog, ...