EPA Chief Jackson on Christie, Bedbugs and 40 Years of the EPA from News from WNYC New York Public Radio by listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC Radio)

It's actually impossible. You know, the Aspen Institute just released what they call "10 Significant Achievements by EPA". And there are some on the list that are surprising and some that aren't. It starts with the banning of DDT, which the first administrator did not long after EPA was formed, and you might recall DDT was the subject of the book "Silent Spring", a lot of the early environmental movement. There's taking the acid out of acid rain -- making rain rain again. There's cleaner cars, when you think about the fact that there are a hundred million more Americans and a lot more drivers than when EPA was formed and a lot more cars on the road, and yet air quality has gotten better.

See the webpage of the show, here. See also: Silent Spring, DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism: Classic Texts (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics), Silent Spring, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (The Manifesto Series), The Environmental Protection Agency: Cleaning Up America's Act (Understanding Our Government), The Environmental Protection Agency: Asking the Wrong Questions: From Nixon to Clinton