As part of the ongoing global effort to combat climate change and transition to net zero, one important piece of the puzzle is new regulations and government policies. Government regulation covers almost every sector, both public and private, and is related to some of the most important changes in industry. The oldest of the various US government agencies for consumer protection is, for example, the Food and Drug Administration or FDA. Its origins go back to the US Department of Agriculture's Chemistry Division, a non-regulatory research wing that existed in the late 19th century. century . After a number of food and drug scandals such as The Jungle by Upton Sinclair on working conditions when feeding animals or the 1901 diphtheria antitoxin contamination incident that resulted in the deaths of a dozen children, new laws were introduced that led to President Roosevelt signing the Food and Drug Act in 1906. (Jennifer L)