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Allowed the president to establish forest reserves to be able to preserve certain plant and animal species.
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A law that bans trafficking illegal wildlife. In 2008 the act was amended to include plants and plant products.
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Implemented the protection of migratory birds between the United States and Great Britain.
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This protects the two species of bald eagles against poaching.
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Federal Law enacted this to help the quality of the cleanliness and preparation of food in a public place.
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Was created to preserve the biological diversity and resources of the Everglades ecosystem.
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Created by 12 countries to respect Antarctica.
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An environmental science book written by Rachel Carson. It talked about adverse effects that pesticides have on the environment.
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Created to control the quality of the air and try to reduce pollution.
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President Lyndon Johnson and congress signed this to preserve national ecosystems for the permanent good of the people and other reasons
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Required States to issue water quality Standards to improve the drinking water.
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Law that promotes the enhancement of the environment and and this law established the President’s council on the quality of the environment.
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Founded by US senator Gaylord Nelson to teach people about the environment.
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The Environmental Protection Agency was proposed by President Richard Nixon for protection over the environment in the United States. The president proposed this on July 9, 1970.
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A commonly used pesticide for insect control until it was ruled unsafe by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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This was enacted so the U.S. could govern the water pollution.
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An agency of the United Nations that coordinates the organization of environmental activities and helps developing countries in implementing policies.
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Arab members imposed an embargo against countries who were supporting Israel in the Yom Kippur war.
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A treaty created to protect endangered animals and endangered plants.
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The purpose was to protect and recover endangered species and the ecosystems which the endangered species depends on.
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This provides EPA the authority to require reporting, record keeping and testing requirements, and restrictions on chemical substances and mixtures.
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Created as the federal law in the United States governing the disposal of solid waste and hazardous waste
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A program at West Texas A&M University which found alternative ways to get energy. This program nationally and internationally recognized for their outreach and education.
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A neighborhood in New York. The neighborhood was known as the location of a 70-acre landfill which caused massive environmental pollution which caused harm to many residents and the wildlife in the area.
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Considered the most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history. There was a failure in the secondary part of the plant.
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Gas leaked in the night at the Union Carbide India at the Union Carbide India Limited Pesticide Plant.
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The Soviet Union built this plant in the town of Pripyat. The explosion caused harm to many people.
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A global agreement to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of ozone-depleting substances.
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Exxon was a shipping company headed for California. The oil tanker hit a reef in Alaska causing 11 million gallons of oil to spill into the ocean.
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Large quantities of oil began to spill into the Persian Gulf.
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Also known as the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, was held in Rio. More than 100 heads of states met to address urgent problems of environmental protection and socio-economic development at the global level.
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Signed into law by President Clinton. This act considered the effects of from exposure of pesticides from multiple sources like food, water, and other sources.
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This was also known as the climate change international treaty which they talked about ways to combat climate change.
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This summit continued the existence of widespread undernutrition.
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An oil spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico. There was not enough cement between the production and protection casing.
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An agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention dealing with, climate change, greenhouse-gas-emissions mitigation, adaptation, and finance. All this is said to start in 2020.
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This was to created to encourage awareness for protecting our environment.
