如果没有环保署，美国会是这个模样。
基于对环境污染的高度关切，美国环保署（EPA）于1970年12月2日成立，它集各种联邦研究、监测、标准制定和执法活动于一身，旨在确保对环境的保护。自成立以来，EPA一直致力于为美国人民创造一个更清洁、更健康的环境。
The Atlas Chemical Company Belches Smoke across Pasture Land in Foreground. 06/1972
Marc St Gil / EPA
International Paper Company Mill at Jay on the Androscoggin River 06/1973
Charles Steinhacker / EPA
Mills of the Brown Paper Company in Berlin, on the Androscoggin River 06/1973
Charles Steinhacker / EPA
Outflow Pipe 6 of the Oxford Paper Company Will at Rumford on the Androscoggin River 06/1973
Smog Hangs Over Louisville And Ohio River, September 1972
William Strode / EPA
The George Washington Bridge in Heavy Smog. View toward the New Jersey Side of the Hudson River1973
Chester Higgins / EPA
The Pepco (Potomac Electric Power Company) Power Plant At The Anacostia River, April 1973
Dick Swanson / EPA
Burning Barge On The Ohio River, May 1972
William Strode / EPA
Paddlewheel Steamboats Seen From Banks Of Ohio River, May 1972
Willaim Strode / EPA
Here’s what America looked like without the EPA.
Born in the wake of elevated concern about environmental pollution, EPA was established on December 2, 1970 to consolidate in one agency a variety of federal research, monitoring, standard-setting and enforcement activities to ensure environmental protection. Since its inception, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people.
