Jan 31, 2025 · Website of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. [2] President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order. [3]

May 1, 2024 · Mission Statement of the EPA -- to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment -- air, water and land -- upon which life depends. Also describes how EPA accomplishes mission.

Nov 26, 2024 · Overview of EPA's law and regulatory information, including complying with and enforcing environmental regulations.

Sep 23, 2020 · EPA works to ensure that: Americans have clean air, land and water; National efforts to reduce environmental risks are based on the best available scientific information; Federal laws protecting human health and the environment are administered and enforced fairly, effectively and as Congress intended;

Jan 21, 2025 · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), agency of the U.S. government that sets and enforces national pollution-control standards. In 1970, in response to the welter of confusing, often ineffective environmental protection laws enacted by states and communities, Pres. Richard Nixon created the EPA

5 days ago · Molly Vaseliou, an EPA spokesperson, said Administrator Lee Zeldin — a former U.S. representative from New York who was confirmed Wednesday — “engaged directly with career staff across EPA ...

2 days ago · More than 160 environmental justice employees at the EPA are impacted nationwide, according to an internal EPA email obtained by CNN and confirmed by employees who were on the agency call and have ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) protects people and the environment from significant health risks, sponsors and conducts research, and develops and enforces environmental regulations.

2 days ago · The office got a boost under President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who signed a climate 2022 law that included $60 billion for environmental justice.