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First Silent Sprng Article Published in The New Yorker
"Disregarding the whole record of contamination and death, we continue to spray, and to spray indiscriminately." -Rachel Carson, The New Yorker -
Silent Spring Book Published
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Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act Amendment of 1964
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President Nixon Inaugurated
"The Nixon Administration, although preoccupied with an unpopular war and a recession - ridden economu, took some stopgap action on the environmental front in 1969." -Jack Lewis, The Birth of EPA -
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 Enacted
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State of the Union Address
"The 1970s a historic period when, by conscious choice, [we] transform our land into what we want it to become." -President Nixon -
37-Point Environment Action Program Established
The goal of this program was to strengthen federal programs for dealing with water and air pollution. -
Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970
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First Earth Day Celebration
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William D. Ruckelshaus Nominated as Administrator of EPA
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EPA Opened Their first Office
The EPA opened its suite in northwest Washington, D.C. -
The Environmental Protection Agency Established
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Clean Air Act Signed
"The CAA took dead aim against America's leading source of pollution; the automobile." -Jack Lewis, The Birth of EPA
