Unlikely Environmentalists

Unlikely Environmentalists

Author: Paul Charles Milazzo

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Published: 2006

Total Pages: 360

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Reveals how boosters, bureaucrats, and engineers--not grassroots protesters--were truly the ones responsible for spearheading the passage of the Clean Water Act of 1972. How these unlikely protagonists helped to pass the era's most far-reaching regulatory law gives us rare insight into how Congress was able to take the lead in addressing those concerns, namely in the form of water quality issues.


History of Federal Water Resources Programs and Policies, 1961-70

History of Federal Water Resources Programs and Policies, 1961-70

Author: Beatrice Hort Holmes

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Published: 1979

Total Pages: 352

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This publication is a comprehensive account of major federal programs and policies relating to conservation and development of water and related land resources and to water pollution control in the years 1961 to 1970. It discusses most relevant federal legislation and the functioning of federal and federally-assisted programs involving research, planning, construction, and regulation.