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02701aam a22004338i 4500 001 96F48F921A2511E9B762B77397128E48 003 SILO 005 20190117010030 008 171022t20182018nyua j b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2017021708 020 $a 1502631288 020 $a 9781502631282 035 $a (OCoLC)1004733257 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d CHILD $d YDX $d OCLCF $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d ON8 $d MLY $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a TD171 $b .F74 2018 082 00 $a 363.00973 $2 23 100 1 $a Freedman, Jeri, $e author. 245 14 $a The establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency / $c Jeri Freedman. 263 $a 1801 264 1 $a New York : $b Cavendish Square Publishing, $c [2018] 300 $a 112 pages : $b color illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a History of conservation: preserving our planet 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a A brief history of pollution and its regulations -- The evolution of the EPA -- Influences of the EPA -- Challenges facing the EPA -- The EPA's legacy and future. 520 $a Since its establishment by Richard Nixon in 1970, the Environmental Protection Agency has strived to establish and enforce regulations intended to protect the environment and the environmental well-being of citizens in the United States. Today, it faces great struggles and an uncertain future despite the good it has worked during its existence. Through engaging photographs, strong statistics, detailed research, and vibrant and informative sidebars, this book brings the story of the EPA into fascinating focus. It discusses and dissects the grave political challenges it encounters today, compares and contrasts it to similar agencies in other countries, highlights key men and women working to preserve it, and examines its future in society, and what life could be like without it. 610 10 $a United States. $b Environmental Protection Agency $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Environmental protection $v Juvenile literature. 610 17 $a United States. $b Environmental Protection Agency. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00534882 650 7 $a Environmental protection. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00913324 650 7 $a Environmental protection. $2 sears 655 7 $a Juvenile works. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411637 776 08 $i Online version: $a Freedman, Jeri. $t Establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency. $d New York : Cavendish Square Publishing, [2018] $z 9781502631299 $w (DLC) 2017055899 830 0 $a History of conservation. 941 $a 1 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20190117010435.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=96F48F921A2511E9B762B77397128E48 994 $a Z0 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search