Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

In the January arguments, he bemoaned an atmosphere where “automatically whatever the agency says, wins.” For all of his private ill will, he created the EPA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and signed the Clean Air Act and the Endangered Species Act.

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Ozone Earth Day Endangered Species Act Climate Change 232

Circle of Blue

APRIL 21, 2025

I was a very young cat, just turned 14 years old, when 20 million Americans celebrated the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. Our exploits were documented by New York Times reporter Joseph Lelyveld in the second-to-last paragraph of a page one story on Earth Day in the next mornings paper.

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Earth Day Climate Change Environmental Protection Clean Air Act 328

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Legal Planet

APRIL 15, 2025

The news that started leaking last Friday is that the Trump administration wants to break up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and essentially end NOAAs climate work by abolishing its primary research office and forcing the agency to instead help boost U.S. Trump wants to Make Weather a Mystery Again. Deep breath.

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