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Running Head: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 1

Environmental protection agency

Emmanuel, P-PUB-7022

North Central University

Dr. Strother

2/19/2021

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Climate change EPA policy

The environmental protection policy (EPA) is an organization that works towards

protecting human health and the environment. The agency is committed to offering a roadmap

and commitment to address the president’s directions given in the climate action plan. EPA has

empowered its employees by increasing their awareness of how climate change will impact their

ability to execute effective programs and offering them information and tools to include climate

adaptation in their work. EPA has additionally acted on climate change and improved the air

quality. Climate change has dramatically affected the air quality in various ways. For instance,

when there are higher air temperatures, there will be increased wildfires, and the change in

atmospheric transportation patterns will result in an increase in tropospheric ozone levels, which

destroys indoor air quality. EPA has also been in the front line in protecting America’s waters.

When there are frequent hurricanes, increased water temperatures, and rising sea levels, water

quality is adversely affected. This affects the availability and quality of drinking water, wetlands,

oceans, and aquatic ecosystems. EPA has tirelessly worked in protecting the water from such

effects and ensuring that Americans access clean and quality drinking water. EPA also cleans up

communities and improves sustainable development. EPA is involved in waste management in

all households and manages debris in their jurisdictions. This has been their major achievement

in ensuring a clean environment and controlling waste. The agency also ensures the safety of

chemicals and prevents pollution. EPA regulates and offers directions on how chemicals such as

pesticides are used to prevent air pollution and poisoning. The climate change policy of EPA has

rapidly evolved over the last years and has developed at the state and federal levels (Craik et al.,

2013).

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EPA has also been collecting emissions data all over America. It has organized several

types of greenhouse emissions data. The data has helped the agency to monitor greenhouse gas

emissions trends and point out opportunities available to reduce emissions and increase

efficiency. The agency has reduced greenhouse gas emissions and promoted an economy of

clean energy via effective partnerships and some common-sense regulatory initiatives. EPA has

also evaluated policy options, benefits, and costs. It has achieved this by carrying out an

economy-wide analysis to understand the economic effects and effectiveness of the suggested

climate policies. The agency has additionally advanced the science of climate change. It has

taken part in world-class climate research through various programs to get a better understanding

of the environmental and health impacts of climate change and to offer effective solutions in

reducing the effects of climate change. EPA has partnered internationally where it has taken part

in various international activities in regards advance climate change science, monitoring the

environment, and encouraging activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Here, the agency

offers leadership, technical expertise in supporting the activities. This will help in identifying

new ways to improve climate change in America, which will improve human health and the

environment. The agency has also helped communities adapt to climate change. The agency

offers some programs to communities, which makes them aware of climate changes and helps

them prepare for that. EPA also measures and evaluates the performance of the policy adopted to

help in climate change. It considers its actions for climate change adaptation continuously for

them to be able to maintain progress towards including climate adaptation into the programs,

operations, and policies of the agency. The agency also ensures that all their programs and

regional offices create an implementation plan that offers further details on how the agency will

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implement the priorities and execute the work they are called to do in their comprehensive plan

(Stephenson, 2010).

EPA’s approach to educating the public

Education is important in facilitating people to understand and address the effects of

climate change and in encouraging changes in attitudes and behaviors required to help them

mitigate the causes of climate change. It also helps them adopt sustainable lifestyles and have

skills in supporting various ways of dealing with climate change. EPA views environmental

education as a process that allows people to explore ecological problems, take part in problem-

solving and take action to improve the environment. Due to this education, people acquire a

more profound comprehension of environmental issues and gain skills to make sound decisions.

Their public education includes factors such as awareness and sensitivity to environmental

challenges and the environment itself. It also includes knowledge and comprehension of the

environment and environmental variations. The education also includes attitudes of caring for the

environment and the motivation to maintain the quality of the environment. It also offers skills

that help in identifying and enabling one to solve environmental challenges. Lastly, there is

participation in activities resulting in solving environmental challenges. The agency’s

environmental education does not advocate for a particular point or action. Still, rather it teaches

people how to evaluate various sides of a problem via critical thinking and improves their

problem-solving and decision-making skills. The agency is expected to offer national leadership

in increasing environmental literacy. Their environmental education is not only information

about the environment. They have a unique approach in educating the public where they not only

offer facts concerning environmental problems (the United States. Congress. House. Committee

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on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment,

2007).

EPA’s response to climate science research findings

EPA offers responses to the research findings regarding the climate. Some scientific

findings suggested that contemporary science does not support the fact that there is an

endangerment for human health and air quality. The agency strongly disagreed with this finding

based on scientific proof that air pollution significantly endangers public health and welfare.

Other findings explain that some benefits arise from an increased level of carbon dioxide. They

argue that a decrease in the level of carbon dioxide may lead to a threat to the food supply and

possible loss of agricultural products. This may lead to food shortages and increased starvation in

the world. EPA has supported this finding and agreed with the scientists. They have

acknowledged that adverse impacts of climate change may affect food production and

agriculture. They have also explained the importance of carbon dioxide in producing fertilizers.

Some finding further argues that increased minor greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide may

lead to some warming effects leading to a warmer world that would be more favorable to

humans. EPA disagrees with this because an increase in greenhouse gases does not affect

temperatures (Stephenson, 2010).

Are EPA’s approaches sufficient for the American’s future?

EPA’s approaches to climate change are not entirely sufficient in preparing Americans’

for the future. The agency has strived hard to improve the environment through various

approaches such as partnerships and the education of staff. However, this is not sufficient in

preparing people for the future because the climate is likely to have changed entirely. They

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should adapt to other approaches that will make people aware of what the future will look like

and how they will adapt. EPA should encourage Americans to use scarce water resources

efficiently. They should also advise the government to build flood defenses and raise the levels

of dykes because of the rising water levels, which may continue increasing. The agency should

also put strict policies such as moving to environmentally friendly options like transferring from

fossil fuel to more sustainable energy sources. The agency can additionally encourage the use of

renewable energy in powering homes. They should also encourage investment in energy-efficient

appliances. This includes vehicles that emit dangerous gases into the air. It also applies to

electrical appliances. When buying these appliances, people should check out for the energy star.

People should also be encouraged to use better lighting bulbs. Generally, LED bulbs utilize

approximately eighty percent less energy, which helps in saving energy. If EPA would

implement some of these things, people would be ready for the future and would even improve

the climate (Craik et al., 2013).

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References

Craik, N., Studer, I., & VanNijnatten, D. (2013). Climate change policy in North America:

Designing integration in a regional system. University of Toronto Press.

Stephenson, J. B. (2010). Climate change adaptation: Information on selected federal efforts to

adapt to a changing climate. DIANE Publishing.

The United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. (2007). The Environmental

Protection Agency’s grants management 2003-2006: Progress and challenge: Hearing

before the subcommittee on water resources and environment of the committee on

transportation and infrastructure, House of Representatives, one hundred ninth Congress,

second session, May 18, 2006.