From the time you get up in the morning until you go to bed at night, and even while you are asleep, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency affects your life. The air you breathe, the water you drink, the chemicals under your sink, the car you drive, products you buy, food you eat and a host of daily routines depend on actions of the agency and the EPA administrator – the equivalent of a Cabinet secretary.
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 many miles now compared with then and use almost 50% more energy.
