Scott Williams: EPA pollution changes piles on to the coronavirus crisis

At the core of almost every effort to protect the environment is an attempt to protect public health. These naturally intertwined causes led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970 and state-level regulatory bodies like Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality.The federal law that led to the formation of the EPA and legislation like the National Environmental Protection Act and the Clean Air Act, that were passed subsequently, were unprecedented. At the time, and f