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Mailing Addresses and Phone Numbers. United States Environmental Protection Agency. The United States Environmental Protection Agency[2] (EPA or sometimes USEPA) is an agency of the U.S. federal government which was created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress.[3] The EPA was proposed by President Richard Nixon and began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order.

United States Environmental Protection Agency

The order establishing the EPA was ratified by committee hearings in the House and Senate.[4] The agency is led by its Administrator, who is appointed by the president and approved by Congress. The current administrator is Gina McCarthy.[5] The EPA is not a Cabinet department, but the administrator is normally given cabinet rank. The agency has approximately 15,193 full-time employees [6] and engages many more people on a contractual basis. Closeup of EPA building. US Environmental Protection Agency.

Loss of Trees Compounds Urban Pollution - The Informed Reader. Trees are struggling to survive in U.S. cities, victims of pollution, development and old age, and Time’s Dan Cray says their loss is having significant environmental consequences.

Loss of Trees Compounds Urban Pollution - The Informed Reader

Tree cover across the country has fallen substantially in recent decades as cities expand and tight municipal budgets slow replanting. San Diego has lost a quarter of its peak tree cover, while Washington, D.C., has lost half, and Chicago and Philadelphia even more. “Urban deforestation,” says Ed Macie of the U.S. Forest Service in Atlanta, “compares with what’s going on in the world’s rain forests.”

Without trees, cities suffer. United States Environmental Protection Agency.