Air Quote by Glenn T. Seaborg

I am not convinced the Clean Air Act was ever intended to regulate or classify as a dangerous pollutant something as basic and ubiquitous…

— Jim Webb

In almost every instance, air and water quality goals were met more cheaply and quickly when we taxed pollution than when we tried to…

— Bob Frank

The legal fight over climate change begins in the United States with the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977. Under the Act, the E.P.A.…

— Charles C. Mann

The Clean Air Act of 1970 was designed to control air pollution on a national level by authorizing the development of comprehensive regulations to…

— Christine Todd Whitman

Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards…

— Ronald Reagan

There was almost a universal acceptance of unhealthy conditions. Sulfur dioxide in smokestack emissions were the price, or smell, of prosperity,

— Denis Hayes

The health effects of air pollution imperil human lives. This fact is well-documented.

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

Air pollution is not merely a nuisance and a threat to health. It is a reminder that our most celebrated technological achievements-the automobile, the…

— Barry Commoner

There is an increasing sense of what can be called legal pollution.

— Thomas Ehrlich

Air pollution puts people at higher risks for cancer, heart disease, and premature death.

— Ruben Gallego

We still have too much air and water pollution and we still need to work to reduce it. But we also need to put…

— Ronald Reagan

“It is a mistake," he said, " to suppose that the public wants the environment protected or their lives saved and that they will…

— Isaac Asimov