Laws dealing with complex and technical problems were passed with much emotionalism, little debate, and even less of a data base for support.
In 1975, a spokesman for Chamber of Commerce delivered this speech, providing a business perspective on environmental regulation issues, particularly reflecting on the achievements of the environmental movement through the Clean Air Act of 1970, the Federal Water Pollution Act of 1972, and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970. From “The Environmental Movement as Viewed from Industry,” Gary D. Knight, Associate Director for Environment, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, December 4, 1975, Chamber of Commerce Public Presentations, Papers of Chamber of Commerce, Series II, Box 29, Hagley Museum.