Obama and EPA Take on TSCA Reform

摘要

Environmental policy was a key issue during the presidential campaign in 2008. Then-Sen. Barack Obama pledged a major change in U.S. environmental policy: "We cannot afford more of the same timid politics when the future of our planet is at stake." In 2009, President Obama has started to deliver on his promise. From the treatment and storage of nuclear waste, to the programs implemented to slash carbon emissions, to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's inclusion of funds for environmental research and green-collar job creation, it is becoming apparent that this president is serious about environmental reform.