The War on the EPA: America's Endangered Environmental Protections

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) faces significant hurdles in its critical roles in drinking water, air and water pollution, climate change, and toxic chemicals, and the public is largely apathetic towards the need for environmental protections. The War on the EPA: Americas Endangered Environmental Protections examines these problems and illustrates the challenges of regulation through the EPA's first fifty years.

Format: Unspecified
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 14 November 2023
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approaching its half-century mark, and the public's apathy towards environmental protections is alarming. Today's problems are often invisible, and many people believe that the environment is doing just fine. However, the truth is far more complicated. The War on the EPA: America's Endangered Environmental Protections examines the challenges facing the EPA in its critical roles in drinking water, air and water pollution, climate change, and toxic chemicals. The book takes the reader on a journey into some of today's most pressing environmental problems, including toxic "forever chemicals" known as PFAS, pervasive agricultural pollution, dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico, and widespread air and water pollution from the use of fossil fuels. It delves into the science, politics, and human dimension of these problems, illustrating the challenges of regulation through the EPA's first fifty years, how today's war on science is undermining the scientific foundation upon which the agency's legitimacy rests, and why a strong U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is more important than ever before.

Weight: 408g
Dimension: 216 x 139 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538190951