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John Muir was an early supporter of creting national parks, and was an environmenalist. He founded many organizations to help protect and conserve the environment.
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Henry David Throeau spent two years living secluded at a pond, and he wrote this book about how he lived. This book introduced many ideas of the environment to the public when it was released.
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This government act allowed many people to claim land that had been surveyed by the United States government. This accelerated the movement of people into western lands.
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This organization was founded to protect the forests in the United States from becoming depleted. It is the first nonprofit organization to protect the forests in the United States.
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This act allowed the President of the United States to set aside land for national park use. Eventually about 16 million acres of land was set aside for National Parks.
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The Sierra Club was a foundation set up by John Muir. This foundation protects the mountains, and the rest of the environment.
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Illegal hunting and poaching was a problem during this time period, so the United States Government passed the Lacey Act. This act creates civil and criminal punishments for harming the environment and animals.
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Founded by Gifford Pinchott, this organization manages public forests. It is to allow people to get the most over the longest period of time.
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Gifford PInchot was the first cheif of the US forest service, and was the Governer of Pennsylvania. He halped manage forest in the United States, and advocated the nations reserve of forests.
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Leopold was an environmentalist that worked on supporting the forests of the United States. He was influential in modern environnmental ethics.
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This organization was founded to protect birds from environmental damage. It also protects the rest of the environment and wildlife.
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This act, signed in by Theodore Roosevelt, allows the President of the United States to restrict land use. This act has been used many times in the past.
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This organization, part of the New Deal, allowed unemployed men to get jobs working on Natural Resource development. This was one of the most popular New Deal organizations.
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This organization, now called the National Resources Conservation Service, was founded to give farmer technical assistance. It also supports the conservation of natural resources.
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This government act regulates the grazing on public lands in the United States. Permits are given for grazing priveliges in particular areas.
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This act required a stamp from the government to hunt for migratory birds. This helped regulate the hunting of these birds.
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This organization was founded for the regulation of fish and thier environments. It also supports the enforcement of wildlife and environmental laws.
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Jane Goodall is an environmentalist that supports animal wellfare. She did a study on chimpanzees and how they lived their lives.
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This book states that pesticide use is harming humans, animals, and the environment. This also helped spark the United States environmental movement.
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This government act created the formal definition of wilderness. It says that wilderness is an area that has not been changed or harmed by the humans.
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This act created a research program in the US Public Health. Authorized the creation of stationary sources of pollution.
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This act expands upon the previous Clean Air Act, and allows the government to do more to protect the air.
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This act was passed in the government to proect the extremely scenic rivers from humans and environmental change. Currently there are 154 rivers protected by this act.
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The Cuyahoga River fire in 1969 started many environmantal movements. These acts and movements include the Clean Water Act, Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, and the start of the EPA.
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This act was to set up procedural requirements for United States Government surveys of the environment. This act came into effect because of many other ecological events happening in this time period.
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Richard Nixon was a conservationist, and set up the EPA and Earth Day.
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This agency was established by the United States Federal Government to protect human safety, and environmental safety.
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This act authorized development of regulations for stationary and mobile sources of air emissions.
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The ammendments to the FIFRA expanded the EPA's authority to use pesticides. Also allowed EPA to control pesticides and sale of pesticides.
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In 1973, OPEC increased prices of oil dramatically to protest the United States and Western Europe's support of Israel. The embargo eventually ended, but gas prices rose after it ended.
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CFC is an organic compound containing carbon that is responsible for deterioration of the ozone layer.
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In 1975, the EPA began to review registration of pesticides. Some pesticides were unsafe for use in the environment.
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This is the main act in the US that regards the disposal of solid and hazardous wastes. The EPA has many regulations on the disposal of these wastes.
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These ammendments to the Clean Air Act of 1970 mainly concerned prevention of deterioration of air quality. Also contained requirements for non-attainment areas for the NAAQS.
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This is the primary law concerning water pollution and contamination in the United States.The goal of this was to remove toxic wastes from the water.
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This law regulates the environmental effects of coal mining in the United States. It sets standards for coal mines to follow.
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A few pumps near Love Canal had toxic waste in them, and it leaked into houses. These chemicals caused birth defects and othe anomalies, so there was a movement to try and fight these health concerns.
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One of the two nuclear reactors on 3 Mile Island in Pensylvania had a nuclear meltdown and released nuclear reactor coolant. Lots of radioactive waste was dumped into the nearby river.
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This act set aside land in Alaska for national parks, and made some rivers scenic and wild rivers. It also allowed studies of many places in Alaksa.
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This government act was to clean up areas that had been contaminated with hazardous substances. These substances harmed the environment and made human life dangerous.
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Ronald Reagan thought that spending money on the EPA was unnecesary government spending, so he dismissed the idea and questioned the ideas of acid rain.
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Due to a gas leak in a pesticide plant, many people are killed due to poisoning. This is often referred to as the worst industrial disaster ever.
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The nuclear reactor in Chernobyl, Ukraine exploded and released tons of nuclear waste. This is referred to as the worst nuclear disaster.
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This act increased the budget of the CERCLA superfund and allowed the government to increase studies.
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This is an international treaty designed to protect Earth's ozone layer. If the countries follow the treaty, the ozone layer is expected to recover by the year 2050.
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The FIFRA was ammended to create a schedule to complete the registration of pesticides.
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When an oil tanker for Exxon ran aground in California, 55 million gallons of oil spilled out into the Prince William Sound. Many environmental groups were involved in this matter.
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These ammendments to the Clean Air Act increased authority of the federal government in matters of air pollution. Programs were created for control of acid.
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This act adressed energy efficiency, management and conservation. This act increased the need for alternative forms of energy.
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A law passed to protect the California deserts, and Death Valley area from environmental changes.
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This treaty is to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide gas into the atmosphere. Most United Nations members agreed to this treaty.
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