March 31, 2015. Some TV networks offer blind captioning on surround sound shows to help those with impaired vision. This involves mixing the soundtrack with audio narration and vocal descriptions of the on-screen action so the blind can experience the program.
The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created on December 2, 1970, by executive order of President Richard Nixon to permit coordinated and effective government action on behalf of the environment..
Ronald Reagan on Environment. When President Reagan took office in 1981, his first initiatives were to override much of the Carter environmental agenda. Reagan, much like Ford before him, appeared to be obsessed with eliminating regulation in government altogether. He was equally as obsessed with deregulating the EPA.