The Clean Air Act (CAA) is an environmental law made by the U.S. government. This federal law aims at regulating air emissions from stationary sources such as industries and mobile sources such as vehicles. It was established to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) that protects the public health through regulation of emissions that have a hazardous effect on air (Sueyoshi & Goto, 2010). The CAA was established in 1963 after several deaths were experienced in 1948 and 1952 due to air pollution. It was amended in 1977 and 1990 with the objective of setting new goals to achieve the attainment of NAAQS. Representatives who work in meeting the Act’s requirements cooperate
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Since its amendment in 1990s, the Act has helped people experience fewer premature deaths and illnesses, better quality life, lower medical expenses, fewer school absences and better work productivity, especially in the agricultural sector. Since its enactment, the CAA has prevented over 160,000 premature deaths and 130,000 heart attacks. Millions of respiratory complications have also been prevented. As a result, approximately $22.2 trillion has been saved that could have been utilized in medication (Lockwood, 2012). The Act has proved to be a good economic investment for the United States (Sueyoshi & Goto, 2010). The economy has been seen growing from the time it was amended, and it has reduced man-hours lost due to illnesses among the workforce.
Global warming is a significant threat to the climate and the health of individuals. Its effects have been experienced in changing seasons, too much heat in the atmosphere that cannot be regulated, the diminishing sea ice and mountain glaciers, the rising the sea levels and the changes in the distribution of precipitation (Brauch 2011). These effects have been caused by the emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols that are generated by human
Since its amendment in 1990s, the Act has helped people experience fewer premature deaths and illnesses, better quality life, lower medical expenses, fewer school absences and better work productivity, especially in the agricultural sector. Since its enactment, the CAA has prevented over 160,000 premature deaths and 130,000 heart attacks. Millions of respiratory complications have also been prevented. As a result, approximately $22.2 trillion has been saved that could have been utilized in medication (Lockwood, 2012). The Act has proved to be a good economic investment for the United States (Sueyoshi & Goto, 2010). The economy has been seen growing from the time it was amended, and it has reduced man-hours lost due to illnesses among the workforce.
Global warming is a significant threat to the climate and the health of individuals. Its effects have been experienced in changing seasons, too much heat in the atmosphere that cannot be regulated, the diminishing sea ice and mountain glaciers, the rising the sea levels and the changes in the distribution of precipitation (Brauch 2011). These effects have been caused by the emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols that are generated by human