History
See also: Timeline of major U.S. environmental and occupational health regulation| Year | Law | Year | Law |
| 1899 | Refuse Act | 1975 | Hazardous Materials Transportation Act |
| 1918 | Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 | 1976 | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| 1948 | Federal Water Pollution Control Act | 1976 | Solid Waste Disposal Act |
| 1955 | Air Pollution Control Act | 1976 | Toxic Substances Control Act |
| 1963 | Clean Air Act (1963) | 1977 | Clean Air Act Amendments |
| 1965 | Solid Waste Disposal Act | 1977 | Clean Water Act Amendments |
| 1965 | Water Quality Act | 1980 | CERCLA (Superfund) |
| 1967 | Air Quality Act | 1984 | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Amendments |
| 1969 | National Environmental Policy Act | 1986 | Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments |
| 1970 | Clean Air Act (1970) | 1986 | Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act |
| 1970 | Occupational Safety and Health Act | 1986 | Emergency Wetlands Resources Act |
| 1972 | Consumer Product Safety Act | 1987 | Clean Water Act Reauthorization |
| 1972 | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act | 1990 | Oil Pollution Act |
| 1972 | Clean Water Act | 1990 | Clean Air Act (1990) |
| 1972 | Noise Control Act | 1993 | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| 1973 | Endangered Species Act | 2003 | Healthy Forests Initiative |
| 1974 | Safe Drinking Water Act |
There are many more environmental laws in the United States, both at the federal and state levels. The common law of property and takings also play an important role in environmental issues. In addition, the law of standing, relating to who has a right to bring a lawsuit, is an important issue in environmental law in the United States.
Read more about this topic: Environmental Policy Of The United States
Famous quotes containing the word history:
“The disadvantage of men not knowing the past is that they do not know the present. History is a hill or high point of vantage, from which alone men see the town in which they live or the age in which they are living.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)
“If you look at history you’ll find that no state has been so plagued by its rulers as when power has fallen into the hands of some dabbler in philosophy or literary addict.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)
“The history of the genesis or the old mythology repeats itself in the experience of every child. He too is a demon or god thrown into a particular chaos, where he strives ever to lead things from disorder into order.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)