MTU - EPA: 40 years of driving future innovation

Executive Viewpoints-Vehicle Development Insights from Industry: Driving Factors for Future innovation.

The year was 1970, Richard Nixon was president and on January 1 a historic bill known as the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) was signed into law. The stated purposes of this statue reflected the high-minded idealism of the times:

“To declare a national policy which will encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between man and his environment.”

“To promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and biosphere and stimulate the health and welfare of man.”

“To enrich our understanding of the ecological systems and natural resources important to the Nation.”

While many thought that the passing of this Act would be primarily symbolic, that proved not to be the case. The most obvious illustration being the formation that same year of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which 40 years later is the driving force for future technology on land, in the air, and on the water.