Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), chair of the Environment Subcommittee, told POLITICO’s E&E News he is in the early stages of ...

The U.S. shrugged when Thomas Jefferson blocked funding for a program he hated. Richard Nixon did the same with programs he ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have a typical origin story. Congress did not create it by enacting a statute; President Richard Nixon created it by presidential edict.

Since President Richard Nixon created the EPA in 1970, the U.S. population has grown by 62% and its gross domestic product has more than quadrupled. People in the U.S. drive almost three times as ...

PFAS could be the rare environmental issue that gets addressed this term.

The United States used to be dangerously polluted. Before President Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970, the environment and its well-being was not a federal priority.

Richard Nixon was born in 1913 in California ... In 1970, Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency to help preserve the planet. He was a global pioneer in recognising the damage humans ...

When President Richard Nixon died in 1994, most Americans thought instantly of one word: Watergate. They didn't think of the EPA, the vital government agency Nixon created. Nor did they think of ...