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John Muir
Founded the Sierra Club in 1892; fought unsuccessfully to prevent the damming of the Hetch Valley in Yosemite National Park -
Gifford Pinchot
First cheif of the US Forest Servic; advocated managing resources for multiple use using principles of sustainable yield -
Rachel Carson
Published Silent Spring in 1962; documented the environmental damage done by DDT and other pesticides. Which heightened public awareness at the start of the modern environmental movement -
Nation Wild and Scenic River Act
Protects rivers with due aesthetics, recreational, wildlife, historical,or cultural reasons. Makes are country look better. -
Clean Air Act
Set emissions standards for cars, and limits release of air pollutants. Limits the amount of pollutants allowed in the air so that people can breathe air and not be harmed by it. -
Clean Water Act
Set a maximum permissible amounts of water pollutants that canbe discharged into waterways. Aim: to make surface waters swimmable and fishable. -
Endangered Species Act
Identifies threatened and endangered species in the U.S. and puts their protection ahead of economic considerations. Saves are endangered species. -
Safe Drinking Water Act
Set a maximum contaminant levels for pollution that may have adverse effects on human health. Makes it safe to drink water from every extremity in your house. -
Sherwood Rowland & Mario Molina
In 1974, determine that CFC's destroy stratospheric (Good) Ozone They helped us realize that we are destroying the ozone. -
Resource Conservation & Recovery Act
Controls hazardous waste with a cradle to grave system -
Surface Mining Control and Reclaimation
Requires coal strip mines to reclaim the land. allows the land to recover after time. -
Montreal Protocol
Phase out of ozone depleting substances. Keeps are ozone safe. -
Lacey Act
Prohibits interstate transport of wild animals dead or alive without federal permit. Keeps wildlife from being introduced into new ecosystems. -
Nuclear Wate Policy Act
US government musr develop a high level nuclear waste site by 2015 (Yucca Mountain Idea) -
Low-Level Radioactive policy Act
All States must have facilities to handle low level radioactive waste. This keeps radioactive waste from leaking into the ground and contaminaiting water. -
Ocean Dumping Ban Act
Bans ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste. Doesnt allow companies to dump trash into the ocean killing animals. -
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodencide Act
Regulates the effectiveness of pesticides. So that we don't kill all of the insects, fungi, and rodents. -
Kyoto Protcol
Controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries. This limits the amount of greenhouse gases that are emitted into the air.
