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naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States.
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a reflection written on a the simpliesty of living in a natural surrounding
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The Sierra Club is one of the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organizations in the United States.
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Prohibits trade i n wildlife, fish, and plants, that have been illegally taken, possessed, or sold.
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He moved the Forest Reserves from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture and extended the reserves. through 1909
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system of public lands and waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife and plants
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Pinchot is known for reforming the management and development of forests in the United States
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conserve and restore the environment
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The act restricted the use of particular public land owned by the federal government
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preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration
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the migratory bird hunting stamp act; conservationists were alarmed by a rapid decrease in wild ducks and geese.
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dedicated to the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats.
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Silent Spring is an environmental science book written by Rachel Carso
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the act protected 9.1 million acres of federal land
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The act preserve certain rivers with natural, cultural, and recreational values in a free-flowing condition for the enjoyment of present and future generations.
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an oil slick caught fire on the cuyahoga river
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regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources.
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provide federal control of pesticide distribution, sale, and use
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it was designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction
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elucidating the threat to the Earth's ozone layer of chlorofluorocarbon gases.
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The act is to protect human health and the environment from the potential hazards
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federal law that regulates the environmental effects of coal mining in the United States.
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Th act is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters
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the site had formerly been used to bury 21,000 tons of toxic waste
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The Three Mile Island reactor partially melted down on March 28, 1979.
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was a gas leak incident in India, considered the world's worst industrial disaster.
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a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power
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an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion.
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an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion.
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A ship that caused an oil spill.
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The act set goals, created mandates, and amended utility laws to increase clean energy use and improve overall energy efficiency in the United States.
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The Act establishes the Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and the Mojave National Preserve in the California desert.
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The act requires federal agencies to integrate environmental issues into their decision making processes by considering the environmental impacts of their proposed actions and reasonable alternatives to those actions.
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administers harvesting and development of the nation's 155 national forests and 20 national grasslands.
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The embargo banned petroleum exports to targeted nations and put cuts in oil production.
