Environmental issues non-renewable resources nuclear energy air and water pollution biological diversity deforestation climate change U.S. Environmental Protection Agency addressing most environmental-related issues idea of wilderness Wilderness Act Endangered Species Act United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Environmental issues in the United States include debates on non-renewable resources and nuclear energy, air and water pollution, biological diversity, logging and deforestation, and climate change. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), created by presidential order in 1970, is the federal agency charged with enforcing and addressing most environmental-related issues. The idea of wilderness has shaped the management of public lands since 1964, with the Wilderness Act. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 is intended to protect threatened and endangered species and their habitats, which are monitored by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
