Clean Air Act Pros And Cons

The Clean Air Act was enacted in 1963 with its predecessor being the Air Pollution Control Act of 1955. Its predecessor was the first act dealing with pollution in America. The Air Pollution Control Act was mostly do to with monitoring while the new Clean Air Act was the first act aimed at controlling pollution. Throughout the year this act has undergone numerous major revisions, such as the ones in 1970, 1977, and 1990. At first the act was a just for research into techniques for monitoring and controlling air pollution, but throughout the years it had developed through the hands of the EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, into a device for preservation and protection of the environment as well as the reduction of pollutants in our country. Within the amendments made to …show more content…
Which means that the government wanted to know if the act was worth the effort and money poured into it. That being the grounds of this essay it allows for an examination of what the operation agency believes the act to be. The analysis conducted after this revision took into consideration the years from 1970 until 1990 when the act was amended. During this analysis the EPA stated that the cost of implementation was vastly outweighed by the benefits received from the act. In an article about the EPA’s findings by Alan Lockwood, he stated that “the EPA estimated that the Act resulted in a 40 percent reduction in sulfur