Nixon was not one to be outdone by his political rival "Mr. Clean" Ed Muskie -- and so we have the Clean Air Act By Richard L. Revesz - Jack Lienke Published January 2, 2016 7:00PM (EST) ...

The Nixon-era law is "under attack," said The American Prospect. The Clean Air Act (CAA) passed in 1970, enshrining the "right of Americans to breathable air" and empowering the newly created ...

But all that changed when Richard Nixon signed the Clean Air Act of 1970. The law set national limits for six major pollutants, established stringent emissions standards for vehicles, ...

That includes the Clean Air Act — which Hawkins helped implement, and which reduced premature deaths by 230,000, heart disease by 200,000, and lost school days by 5.4 million between 1990 and ...

When the Clean Air Act first became law in 1970, the Senate passed it without a single nay vote. Only one representative had voted against the bill. During the signing ceremony, President Richard ...

See the Environmental Protection Agency and the cleaner air and water it produced, a great legacy of Richard Nixon. The EPA is now on the chopping block in the Trump Administration.

The Clean Air Act, strengthened in 1990 with an important set of amendments, ... Republican President Richard Nixon had little enthusiasm for environmental causes, ...

For the past half-century, the Clean Air Act has helped us breathe easier. Now, new policies are worsening air pollution and increasing our greenhouse gas emissions. Not only are these ...

We are far from the days when conservative heroes Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan signed the Clean Air Act in 1970 and the Montreal Protocol in 1987, landmark initiatives that put the health of ...

The Clean Air Act of 1970 became law with the support of President Richard Nixon, and many Republican senators. Bipartisanship bloomed again when President George H. W. Bush addressed acid rain.

Since the Clean Air Act took effect, emissions of the most common pollutants have fallen by around 80%. ... But all that changed when Richard Nixon signed the Clean Air Act of 1970.

The Nixon-era law is "under attack," said The American Prospect. The Clean Air Act (CAA) passed in 1970, enshrining the "right of Americans to breathable air" and empowering the newly created ...