President Richard Nixon's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

On December 2 of 1970, President Richard Nixon founded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because he wanted to "transform our land into what we want it to become” through the utilization of an independent agency to regulate the environment. This organization protects the environment by enforcing regulations to support environmental laws created by Congress. The Environmental Protection Agency's mission statement is "to support the protection of human health and the environment by advocating and advancing the business, regulatory, and environmental compliance concerns of small and socio-economically disadvantaged businesses and minority academic institutions" (US Enviromental Protection Agency, 2010).

The Enivronmental Protection Agency is currently run by Administrator Gina McCarthy. The EPA is divided into two departments of office: the Headquarters Offices and the Regional Offices located around the world. The Headquarters Offices contain a wide variety of stations
Due to its allegiance with Congress, the EPA is referred to as a regulatory agency. The EPA's responsibilities include environmental licensing; enforcement of environmental law; environmental planning; education and guidance; monitoring, analyzing, and reporting on the environment; regulating greenhouse gas emissions; environmental research development; strategic environmental assessment; waste management; and radiological protection. Additionally, the Environmental Protection Agency offers products a stamp of approval, deeming them as the "safer choices" in comparison to other products. In order to communicate their message to the public, the agency actively posts informative cartoons and informative videos on their YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ pages, as well as their primary