Clean Air Act
What could be more vital than the air you breathe?
"Forty years ago...
So one day in 1970, President Richard Nixon realized the dire situation and signed the Clean Air Act.
The Clean Air Act has made incredible progress over the past 40 years.
You can't always get what you want...
This would obviously be a problem for the EPA and the CAA, and it may be time for some new amendments. There would need to be stricter regulations and higher fines for such pollution, and more immediate regulations placed on all new vehicles produced in the country.
Who wants to breathe dirty air?
("How los angeles began to put its smoggy days behind", 2013)
Smog-shrouded view of downtown Los Angeles on October 7, 1968.
Thanks to the Clean Air Act, we can enjoy this beautiful clean sky!
("The clean air act", 2013)
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