By Austin Alonzo Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin on March 12 made what he called the “largest deregulatory announcement in U.S. history.” In a video published by the agency, he said the EPA would take steps to roll back 31 regulations to fulfill President Donald Trump’s “promise to unleash American energy, revitalize our […]
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The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters. 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.
