环境问题已成为当今世界瞩目的重大问题之一。在工业、技术高度发达的美国,环境保护已成为政府和国会优先考虑的领域之一。美国总统布什多次在不同的场合表示要给环保以足够的重视。美国政府1991财年预算为环保局提供了较多的经费,使之能够更有效地执行有关环境保护的一系列法律和规定,以达到保护 The issue of environment has become one of the major issues that the world has drawn attention to. In the industrialized and technologically advanced United States, environmental protection has become one of the priority areas for government and parliament. On many occasions, U.S. President Bush said that he must give enough attention to environmental protection. The U.S. government's fiscal year 1991 budget provided the EPA with more funding to enable it to enforce a range of laws and regulations on environmental protection more effectively to achieve protection