Question

Why did Congress support the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency?

Group of answer choices


increased oil spills throughout the 1960s and 1970s


increased international pressure for environmental regulation


increased corporate concern regarding animals' impact on public lands


increased public concern regarding people's impact on the environment

Answer 1

increased public concern regarding people's impact on the environment

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the 1950s. a growing concern in American scientists and politicians on the impact of the human civilization on the environment prepared the conditions for the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency, which was founded in 1970 by US president Richard Nixon.