During the early 1970s, the air in many American cities was … brown. Pollution muddied clear skies and sickened people across ...

A discussion of the Clean Air Act (CAA), its amendments, and significant caselaw pertaining to clean air regulation in the US ...

Nixon’s “environmental bandwagon”: Richard Nixon signed the landmark Clean Air Act of 1970 — but not because he had any great concern about the environment ...

How much was known at the mid-20th century about the dangers of human-caused climate change? A lot more than most Americans ...

How the Clean Air Act Came to Be A new Supreme Court ruling curbs the EPA’s ability to regulate carbon pollution under the 1970 legislation ...

The Clean Air Act, which some legal experts call the most powerful environmental law in the world, was enacted in 1970, at the birth of the environmental movement.. Since then it has been the ...

By Robynn Andracsek, P.E., Burns & McDonnell. The good news is that America’s air quality has measurably improved since Congress passed the 1970 Clean Air Act.

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 ...

According to the Wall Street Journal (Opens in a new window), the section of the Clean Air Act of 1970 specifies criminal penalties for fixed sources of emissions (power plants), but only ...

The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970 (CAA ’70) turns 50 on December 31. It set the first national vehicle pollution limits. It also established the first national air quality health standards.

Sixty floors above the smokestacks and sprawl of Houston, the air is clear, invisible, just as it should be. From the observation deck of the JPMorgan Chase Tower, the city's highest public view ...