Richard Nixon created the EPA in response to a broad sense of environmental crisis in the U.S

Richard Nixon created the EPA in response to a sense of environmental crisis in the U.S. John Sutter : It's hard to reconcile what the EPA actually does with a robust theory of the federal government's role in environmental protection.

He says key indicators of urban air quality were improving before the EPA appeared.

Sutter says EPA should spend more time trying to advance environmental protection and less time defending the authority of the EPA .