In the United States, the first law people used to solve environmental problems was tort law. In this traditional and ancient common law, there is a concept called public nuisance, and the victim claims compensation from the smoker through public nuisance. However, this is only a single solution. /kloc-at the beginning of the 0/9th century, it began to take off through the centralized legal control of government administrative power. This control begins with local governments. Tmall USA imports Puweixin.
18 15 or so, Pittsburgh promulgated the first air pollution control law in American history. 188 1 year, new york promulgated the smog regulations, which prohibited the emission of smog in the city and imposed a fine of 10- 100 USD on those who burned high-sulfur coal. 1902, the city of St. Louis promulgated the tobacco law, and Detroit promulgated the tobacco law, 1907. Other cities, such as Chicago, Buffalo and Denver, have also enacted smoking laws. At the same time that cities have enacted laws, some States have also enacted tobacco laws, such as Massachusetts. These laws are mainly the legislation of some big cities, not the state or federal laws. The law is also very simple, and the content is not rich. New york, which has the most laws, has only 28 smoke laws.
19481October 27 to 10/October 27, a serious air pollution incident occurred in Donora, an industrial city in the western mountainous area of Pennsylvania, USA. It was afternoon, and I could only see the other side of the street. All the factories disappeared in smoke except chimneys. The air is disgusting and even has a strange smell. 1952 65438+February 5-8, the sky over London, England was filled with smog for four consecutive days, and soot dust accumulated. "Killing fog" caused 1600 deaths. 1963165438+10, a similar air countercurrent occurred in new york, killing 200 people. Pollution incidents have aroused people's concern about air pollution.
The Federation realized that it must intervene to control air pollution. 1955 promulgated the Air Pollution Prevention Act, and the United States had the first federal air pollution control legislation. 1963, the United States congress promulgated the clean air law 1963, the air quality control law 1967 and the amendment to the clean air law 1970. According to the Act, the federal government can set up an independent federal government department, the Federal Environmental Protection Agency, to supervise the development of air quality, public health and environmental protection technology throughout the country, and the Environmental Protection Agency has also become the most important federal agency in the United States to carry out unified air pollution control. 1970 "clean air act" has thus become an epoch-making legislation. President Richard Nixon signed the draft at 1970 12 3 1, and he thought the Clean Air Act was a starting point. He said, "I think since 1970, we have [2] in 1990, the US Congress substantially revised the Clean Air Act, giving the Environmental Protection Agency broader powers.