Before the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, William K. Reilly reflects on its accomplishments and the threats to its success.
Read MoreWilliam K. Reilly, co-chair of President Obama's Oil Spill Commission spoke on the findings of a roughly six-month investigation into the Gulf oil spill on Duke University's campus. Reilly is also chair of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions' Board of Advisors.
Read MoreFormer Environmental Protection Agency Administrator William K. Reilly recalled his tenure helming the agency during the keynote speech at the Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum's symposium, "The EPA at 40."
Read MoreReport to the President, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, for which Mr. Reilly served as Commission Co-Chair.
Read MoreA presentation given as part of the University of Arizona Eller College of Management Distinguished Speaker Series.
Read MoreThis publication is the fourth in a series of interviews of EPA leaders that includes William Ruckelshaus, Russell Train, and Alvin Alm. The EPA history program undertook this project to preserve, distill, and disseminate the main experiences and insights of the men and women who have led the Agency. EPA decision makers and staff, related government entities, the environmental community, scholars and the general public will all profit from these recollections. Separately, each of the interviews will describe the perspectives of particular leaders. Collectively, these reminiscences will illustrate the dynamic nature of EPA's historic mission; the personalities and institutions which have shaped its outlook; the context of the times in which it operated; and some of the Agency's principal achievements and shortcomings.
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