Berne was settled in 1852 by Mennonite immigrants who came directly from Switzerland, and named the community for the capital of Switzerland. They began the chore of preparing for farming by clearing the land.
Intentions, however, were not always equal to actions. Implementation of the Clean Air Amendments was made difficult by a reluctant automobile industry and the energy crisis of the early 1970s. The 1970 act gave the auto industry a temporary way out of meeting the tougher standards.
The Clean Air Act was also significant in that it was the first major environmental law in the United States to include a provision for citizen suits.ee here for help on adding material to CoalSwarm. The Clean Air Act is a federal law enacted by the United States Congress to control air pollution on a national level from both stationary sources (such as coal fired power plants) and mobile sources (such as automobiles and trucks).