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Enviornmental timeline
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Blue Marble
NASA sends a picture outside of earth called the "blue marble" which was the first outside look of the planet and raised awarness of the enviornmenal issues -
The antarctic treaty
The antarctic treaty says that nuclear waste would be protected from nuclear waste which 46 countries have signed and is keeping anarctica cleaner -
public spring
a book called "public spring" released by Rachel Carson warns of pesticides like DDT which she was denied multiple times to be in magazines lss people started getting them in which the federal government outlawed them -
Wilderness Act
A act that preserved wilderness and started the whole National Wilderness Preservation act which by date now covers about 90 million acres of wilderness -
Cuyahoga River
The Cuyahoga River sets fre in Cleveland in which Time Magazine does a article on how the river did not flow but instead it oozed -
General Motors
Edward Cole (president of general motors) announces polluton free cars which was the first idea of its kind which finally arrives in 1980 -
Earth Day
Was established by Gaylord Nelson Which on its first day was celebrated by 20 million people across the country and is now celebrated annually around the world -
SuperFund
Was established to provide funds for hazardous abandoned and uncrontrollable wastesites which in the process gave EPA power to prosecute polluters -
Massachusetts vs EPA
Massachusetts files a complaint on the EPA for not establishing greenhous gas in which the supreme court rules in favor of massachusetts -
San Fransico Oil Spill
A Korean ships breaks into the San Fransisco bay bridge and spills 58,000 gallons of oil into the san fransisco bay which causes dozens of seabirds to die and leaves 8 beaches closed
