With the menace of smog hanging over an increasing number of American cities in the 1960s, "Clean Air " became a rallying cry for a new environmentalism. Citizen activists rallied passionately to force state and local governments to address problems that threatened human health and even survival. In "Don't Breathe the Air, " Scott H. Dewey traces the history of air pollution control efforts, focusing on the decade of the sixties, and describes how local efforts helped create both the modern environmental movement and federal environmental policy. Early in the fight against air pollution,...
With the menace of smog hanging over an increasing number of American cities in the 1960s, "Clean Air " became a rallying cry for a new environmentali...
