“To know where you are going, you must first know where you have been”
Milestones in the history of vehicle emissions:
- 1955: Air Pollution Control Act was established
- 1963: Congress passes the Clean Air Act, empowering the federal government to regulate vehicle emissions
- 1965: The Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act sets the first federal emission standards for new motor vehicles
- 1970: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is created to set national air and water quality standards
- 1975: Catalytic converters are introduced to cut vehicle hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide output
- 1990: Amendments to the Clean Air Act added stricter limits on toxic air pollutants and vehicle fuel
- 1993: The Clean Cities program is launched by the U.S. Department of Energy to reduce petroleum dependence
- 1994: Wisconsin Clean Cities (WCC) is founded!
