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The United States Congress has enacted federal statutes intended to address pollution control and remediation, including for example the Clean Air Act (air pollution), the Clean Water Act (water pollution), and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund) (contaminated site cleanup).
The Obama administration 2012 fuel economy plan called for a doubling in fuel economy for new cars and light trucks, to more than 50 miles per US gallon (4.7 L/100 km; 60 mpg ‑imp) by 2025, equivalent to a real-world average of 36 miles per US gallon (6.5 L/100 km; 43 mpg ‑imp). In April 2018, saying "those standards are inappropriate and ...
Biden pointed to a "climate crisis" threatening communities and the nation's transition to a "clean energy economy," adding that "now is the time to protect these coasts for our children and ...
The Environment Department will ask lawmakers in the 2025 legislative session to give the state the authority to oversee federal pollution discharge permits, a required step in the process, Maez ...
For Republican lawmakers, the undermining of the DEQ represents mission accomplished. For state residents, it means more pollution for state waterways that provide drinking water, recreation ...
The ten targets include reducing marine pollution (14.1), protecting and restoring ecosystems (14.2), reducing ocean acidification (14.3), sustainable fishing (14.4), conserving coastal and marine areas (14.5), ending subsidies contributing to overfishing (14.6), increase the economic benefits from sustainable use of marine resources (14.7 ...
Free-market environmentalism argues that the free market, property rights, and tort law provide the best means of preserving the environment, internalizing pollution costs, and conserving resources. Free-market environmentalists therefore argue that the best way to protect the environment is to clarify and protect property rights.
This was repealed by the 1972 CWA, reducing the Corps' role in pollution control to the discharge of dredged or fill material. [98] [103] Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 created a comprehensive set of water quality programs that also provided some financing for state and local governments. Enforcement was limited to interstate waters.