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The article focuses on the challenge facing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1997 over clean-air regulations. The clean-air standards are said to be horrendously expensive, and may be quite unachievable because they are in many places close to, or even below, background natural levels, according to estimates from the U.S. National Research Council. Bonner Cohen, editor of the periodical "EPA Watch," commented on the victory of air regulations. However, Cohen also tells the public that it is possible for a backlash to develop. A coalition in the U.S. Congress is forming that is aimed at rolling back the regulations.

The article reflects on the 35th birthday of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on December 2, 2006. The author agrees with the views of the EPA Administrator, Stephen L. Johnson that the agency has made remarkable progress in the ongoing effort to make the environment cleaner and better protected with the use of innovative and collaborative approaches and commitment. The article further reflects that in 1960s the United States faced all levels of pollution. The agency supports the cause of environmental protection without curbing the economic growth.