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In this article, the author discusses the role of Edmund S. Muskie, former U.S. Senator from Maine, in shaping the environmental laws of the U.S for the environmental protection. Topics discussed include his environmental accomplishments such as U.S. Clean Air Act of 1970 and the Clean Water Act of 1972, efforts of Muskie and his colleagues to give authority to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to deal with pollutants and his efforts for the regulation on emission controls.

Focuses on the environmental policies of the United States government under President George W. Bush. Significance of the enactment of the Clean Air Act in 1970; Conflict created by amendments to the Clean Air Act in 1990; Characteristics of the public policy of the Bush administration.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article in the Spring 2012 issue by Vernon Pedersen on Jerry O'Connell, a U.S. Congressman from Montana.