In this act, Congress found that "threats to human health and
environmental quality are increasingly complex, involving a wide range of conventional and
toxicpollutants in the
air and
water and on the
land" and that "there is growing evidence of international environmental problems, such as
global warming,
ocean pollution, and declines in
species diversity, and that these problems pose serious threats to human health and the environment on a global scale" and declared several other problems that need to be fixed or addressed by improving environmental education.
The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the lead agency for implementation of the act. EPA established its Office of Environmental Education to implement this program.
References
^United States. National Environmental Education Act.
Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States)101–619.
21 U.S.C.§ 5501. Approved November 16, 1990.