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Leon Billings, Key Author of Laws on Clean Air, Water Dies
Source: Associated Press
Leon Billings, Key Author of Laws on Clean Air, Water Dies
By MATTHEW DALY, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Nov 16, 2016, 6:18 PM ET
Leon G. Billings, a former aide to Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie and a key author of the Clean Air Act and other landmark environmental laws, has died.
Billings, 78, died Tuesday in Nashville, Tennessee, after suffering a stroke while visiting family.
Born in Montana, Billings moved to Washington in 1962 and had a 50-year career in politics and public policy. As the first staff director of the Senate Environment subcommittee, Billings was a primary author of the 1970 Clean Air Act, one of the first and most influential environmental laws in U.S. history and a foundation for current air pollution laws.
Billings also played a key role in the 1972 Clean Water Act, the primary federal law governing water pollution, and 1977 amendments to both the air and water pollution laws.
Billings served as Muskie's environment adviser for more than a decade and later was the Democrat's chief of staff in the Senate and when Muskie was secretary of state under President Jimmy Carter.
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By MATTHEW DALY, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Nov 16, 2016, 6:18 PM ET
Leon G. Billings, a former aide to Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie and a key author of the Clean Air Act and other landmark environmental laws, has died.
Billings, 78, died Tuesday in Nashville, Tennessee, after suffering a stroke while visiting family.
Born in Montana, Billings moved to Washington in 1962 and had a 50-year career in politics and public policy. As the first staff director of the Senate Environment subcommittee, Billings was a primary author of the 1970 Clean Air Act, one of the first and most influential environmental laws in U.S. history and a foundation for current air pollution laws.
Billings also played a key role in the 1972 Clean Water Act, the primary federal law governing water pollution, and 1977 amendments to both the air and water pollution laws.
Billings served as Muskie's environment adviser for more than a decade and later was the Democrat's chief of staff in the Senate and when Muskie was secretary of state under President Jimmy Carter.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/leon-billings-key-author-laws-clean-air-water-43583998
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Source: Baltimore Sun
Leon Billings, former Maryland delegate and author of clean-air measures, dies
NOVEMBER 16, 2016, 7:20 PM
Leon G. Billings, a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates from Montgomery County who was a key author of the federal Clean Air Act and other landmark environmental laws, died Tuesday in Nashville, Tenn., after suffering a stroke while visiting family. He was 78.
Born in Montana, Mr. Billings moved to Washington in 1962 and had a 50-year career in politics and public policy. As the first staff director of the Senate Environment subcommittee, he was a primary author of the 1970 Clean Air Act, one of the most influential environmental laws in U.S. history and a foundation for current air pollution laws.
Mr. Billings also played a key role in the 1972 Clean Water Act, the primary federal law governing water pollution, and 1977 amendments to both the air and water pollution laws.
He served as Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie's environment adviser for more than a decade and later was the Democrat's chief of staff in the Senate. He also served that capacity when Senator Muskie was secretary of state under President Jimmy Carter.
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NOVEMBER 16, 2016, 7:20 PM
Leon G. Billings, a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates from Montgomery County who was a key author of the federal Clean Air Act and other landmark environmental laws, died Tuesday in Nashville, Tenn., after suffering a stroke while visiting family. He was 78.
Born in Montana, Mr. Billings moved to Washington in 1962 and had a 50-year career in politics and public policy. As the first staff director of the Senate Environment subcommittee, he was a primary author of the 1970 Clean Air Act, one of the most influential environmental laws in U.S. history and a foundation for current air pollution laws.
Mr. Billings also played a key role in the 1972 Clean Water Act, the primary federal law governing water pollution, and 1977 amendments to both the air and water pollution laws.
He served as Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie's environment adviser for more than a decade and later was the Democrat's chief of staff in the Senate. He also served that capacity when Senator Muskie was secretary of state under President Jimmy Carter.
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Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-ob-leon-billings-20161116-story.html
