lyndon b. johnson was president when the clean air act was passed.
lyndon b. johnson was president when the clean air act was passed.
who was president when the clean air act was passed?
lyndon b. johnson
the 1962 publication of "silent spring" by rachel carson brought new attention to environmentalism and the danger that pollution posed to public health. johnson retained kennedy's staunchly pro-environment secretary of the interior, stewart udall, and signed into law numerous bills designed to protect the environment. he signed into law the clean air act of 1963, which had been proposed by kennedy. the clean air act set emission standards for stationary emitters of air pollutants and directed federal funding to air quality research. in 1965, the act was amended by the motor vehicle air pollution control act, which directed the federal government to establish and enforce national standards for controlling the emission of pollutants from new motor vehicles and engines. in 1967, johnson and senator senator edmund muskie led passage of the air quality act of 1967, which increased federal subsidies for state and local pollution control programs.
presidency of lyndon b. johnson
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the legal authority for federal programs regarding air pollution control is based on the 1990 clean air act amendments (1990 caaa). these are the latest in a series of amendments made to the clean air act (caa), often referred to as "the act." this legislation modified and extended federal legal authority provided by the earlier clean air acts of 1963 and 1970.
clean air act (united states)