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Environmental Policy. Environmental Policy. Theodore Roosevelt Preserved 240 million acres National Forest National Wildlife Refuge Systems Interior Department – Gale Norton EPA Nixon, 1970 Mike Leavitt Carter most prolific, Bush the least. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
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Environmental Policy • Theodore Roosevelt • Preserved 240 million acres • National Forest • National Wildlife Refuge Systems • Interior Department – Gale Norton • EPA Nixon, 1970 • Mike Leavitt • Carter most prolific, Bush the least. • Texas Commission on Environmental Quality • Standards of Protection
Air Pollution Control Act of 1955 Clean Air Act, 1970 Air Pollution in Texas Urban Sprawl Environmental Issues:Air
Clean Water Act, 1972 http://www.epa.gov/watertrain/cwa/ Endangered Species Act, 1973 Why is this Act so controversial? Environmental Issues