China is the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world. With The United States being but that far behind, both countries have negotiated a deal to reduce their greenhouse gas output, with China agreeing to cap emissions for the first time and the US committing to deep reductions by 2025.
There is an ongoing debate about the appropriate role of government for solving environmental problems. However in a major achievement for environmentalists, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established in December 1970, bringing together in a single agency the many federal programs to protect the environment.
Many Republicans opposed the New Deal as they believed it illegally expanded the Federal Government past what was legally allowed under the Constitution.
The Invasion of Laos of 1971 was a military offensive developed by the South Vietnamese Army led by General Xuan Lam in command of 20,000 soldiers and with American air support that left the city of Khe Sanh in 1971, during the Vietnam War.
This mission tried to cut by land the HoChi Minh Route that contributed important supplies and troops to the communist contingents that fought in the South.
The action failed in its attempt to suppress supplies and reinforcements sent from the north to the south of Vietnam through Laos.
