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<h3><strong>Environmental Protection (C-1)</strong></h3>
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<strong><em>"When the well's dry, we know the worth of water."</em> </strong><br /> <br />- Benjamin Franklin, (1706-1790), Poor Richard's Almanac. <br /> <br />Public service employees and volunteers serve on the front lines in efforts to protect the environment. The United States Environmental Protection Agency is responsible for protecting human health and the environment. The Agency is accountable for environmental protection as it relates to various aspects of the national environment, such as: air pollution, chemicals and toxins, climate change, promoting greener living, pesticides, waste management, and water safety. Public service employees and volunteers working toward the protection of human health and the environment include administrators, biologists, conservationists, ecologists and other natural scientists. Government officials are working in the political arena to legislate environmental protection policy. Many committed individuals are donating time and effort as volunteers, to local conservation causes, toward safeguarding the future wellbeing of life on earth.<br /> <br />Environmental protection is an international issue. Cooperation is necessary from each country, and their organizations in every sector, which all have a vested interest in safeguarding the planet. In the international arena, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) was established in 1972, mandated to <em>"be the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, that promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimensions of sustainable development within the United Nations system and that serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment."</em> UNEP has offices in each world region and its priorities include assisting countries, in particular developing countries in managing responses to climate change, as well as the holistic management of the ecosystem.<br /> <br />We all have a role to play in influencing the decision-making processes, so as to ensure that adequate legal and institutional measures are put in place to support environmental protection and sustainability. Without ample legislation we run the risk of reversing our hard earned development accomplishments.
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Pollution Sign
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<h4><a href="https://vmps.omeka.net/exhibits/show/environment-protection-gallery/environment-protection-gallery">Return to Environmental Protection</a></h4>
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This sign was on a gas station door across from a United States Steel Corporation Coke Plant in Clairton, PA. Prior to this, the Plant had been found in violation of the Clean Air Act, emitting high levels of pollutants. A gentle reminder to gas station patrons, it reads: "Polluted Air Area / Please Turn Off Motor / We Need The Fresh Air."
Signed by President Richard Nixon on New Year's Eve, 1970, the Clean Air Act was created to protect both public health and the environment. This piece of legislation had a major impact on the government's role in pollution control, authorizing regulations to limit emissions from both mobile and industrial sources. Regulatory programs, such as the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) were implemented, while authorities on these matters were expanded. By 1990, it had prevented more than 200,000 early deaths and nearly 700,00 instances of chronic bronchitis.
Two significant amendments have been made since 1970. In 1977, there were provisions on the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD), as well as new requirements for non-attainment areas (geographic regions that do not meet federal air quality standards) . 1990 saw an increase in both authority and responsibility of the government, as well as the introduction of new regulatory programs (e.g., acid rain). Significant modifications were made to the provisions of NAAQS, as well as changes to ozone protection and research programs.
Today, the Clean Air Act helps reduce concentrations of air pollutants, reduce emissions, and seeks to phase out chemicals that are destroying our ozone layer. Sources of these pollutants include power/chemical plants, gas stations, planes, and vehicles.
The Clean Air Act has had a significant effect on pollution levels in the United States. Over the past two decades, it has reduced six major air pollutant emissions by more than 41 percent. Many tools are available to the public to track pollution; In addition to local, state, and EPA reports on air quality, there is the "Air Quality Index" (AQI), which tracks pollution for local areas by way of color code. Keeping tabs on air quality is the best way to check the progress of the Clean Air Act.
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John Alexandrowicz
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Apr-73
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Source: Clean Air Act. (n.d.). United States Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved Oct 9, 2012, from <a href="http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/index.html">http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/index.html</a>
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Medium: Photograph
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/POLLUTION_SIGN_AFFIXED_TO_THE_DOOR_OF_A_GASOLINE_SERVICE_STATION_ACROSS_THE_MONONGAHELA_RIVER_FROM_A_UNITED_STATES..._-_NARA_-_557217.jpg
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Clean Air Act, CAA, Anti-Pollution, NAAWS, Emissions Limits, PSD, AQI
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Link: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:POLLUTION_SIGN_AFFIXED_TO_THE_DOOR_OF_A_GASOLINE_SERVICE_STATION_ACROSS_THE_MONONGAHELA_RIVER_FROM_A_UNITED_STATES..._-_NARA_-_557217.jpg">Wikipedia</a>
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John Alexandrowicz
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John Alexandrowicz
Language
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English
Type
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Environment
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United States
Anti-Pollution
AQI
CAA
Clean Air Act
Emissions Limits
NAAWS
PSD