Project Details
A People’s EPA (APE) is a website for everyone — the public, students, activists, journalists — to understand the federal agency’s importance within the United States, and for the whole planet. Since its creation in 1970, Congress has charged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with implementing laws that protect us from air pollution, dirty water, and hazardous waste, among other things. This process is complex. Our website provides a straightforward history of EPA’s programs, explains how it operates, and provides data and tools for you to explore and track the EPA in greater depth.
Resources include:
* Oral histories with EPA staff
* Documents gathered through FOIA
* Key historical documents
* Long-term data sets
* Interactive graphs and timelines
* Tools to track the EPA
Subjects or Themes
Environment, policy, federal, EPA, pollution, climate change, energy, justice, data, science
Project Language(s)
English
Time Period
Geographic Location
Project Categories
Content Type
Oral History, Images, Text, Visualizations
Target Audience(s)
Creators
Co-curators: Leif Fredrickson and Jessica Varner