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Richard Nixon on Environment

Richard Nixon on Environment President of the U.S., 1968-1974





EPA was created as protector of earth's resources

Environmental justice does not just mean justice for the earth; it also means justice for the people who live on the earth. Gutting the Clean Air Act--as has recently been done--does not just affect the air; it affects our breathing. Gutting the Clean Water Act--as has recently been done--does not just affect the water; it affects our bodies when we drink it. As protectors of our earth, and protectors of our own bodies, we should vigorously and passionately defend the health of our environment.

1969: Halt all dumping in the Great Lakes

1970: Created cabinet-level Council on Environmental Quality

1970-72: Created EPA which passed Clean Air Act

Built the SST; environmental concerns will be met

A. The problem here is that when reports are prepared f President, they are supposed to be held in confidence and some of those who participate in the making of those reports have that assurance. Now, with regard to the SST, I have satisfied myself, after long deliberation and considering both of reports, that the arguments with regard to the environment could be met, that this prototype should be built. What is involved here is not just 150,000 jobs which will be lost if we don't build it; but what is lost here is the fact that the U been first in the world in commercial aviation from the time of the Wright brothers, decides not just to be second but not even to show. I think the US should build it, and I believe that we can answer the arguments of the conservationists

Establish the Environmental Protection Agency

A far more effective approach to pollution control would: Identify pollutants.

Trace them through the entire ecological chain, observing and recording changes in form as they occur.

Determine the tot of man and his environment.

Examine interactions among forms of pollution.

Identify where in the ecological chain interdiction would be most appropriate.

Source: Message to Congress to Establish the EPA (APP#215) , Jul 9, 1970

Make peace with nature; restore nature to its natural state

Restoring nature to its natural state is a cause beyond party and beyond factions. It has become a common cause of all the people of this country. It is a cause of particular concern to young Americans, because they more than we will reap the grim consequences of our failure to act on programs which are needed now if we are to prevent disaster later. Clean air, clean water, open spaces-these should once again be the birthright of every American. If we act now, they can be.

$10 billion for nationwide clean water program

It is not a program for just one year. A year's plan in this field is no plan at all. This is a time to look ahead not a year, but 5 years or 10 years--whatever time is required to do the job. I shall propose to this Congress a $10 billion nationwide clean waters program to put modern municipal waste treatment plants in every place in America where they are needed to make our waters clean again, and do it now. We have the industrial capacity, if we begin now, to build them all within 5 years. This program will get them built within 5 years.

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