How Historical Influences Have Shaped the Development of the Modern Environmental Movement
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When the
Earth's population reached 1 billion people. -
-Act makes it illegal to hunt and kill migratory birds without special authorization.
-This act provides Federal Funding to help motivate others to protect migratory birds and their habitats.
-This act was put in place to help protect birds that were threatened due to the commercial bird and feather trade.
- 1,100 species of migratory birds are now protected. -
When the Earth's population hit 2 billion people.
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-Due to high winds, drought, and dust, crops were not able to grow and people were not able to sell them for profit, resulting in poverty.
-Midwestern and Southern U.S. plains.
-Economic decline -
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature -Educates different kinds of organizations on how to continue to economically develop while conserving nature.
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-In Japan, mercury-containing chemical waste was dumped into the Minamata Bay causing the fish to have high levels of mercury.
-In a country that heavily relies on fish as one of their main sources of food; many people got methylmercury poisoning and were affected by severe medical issues.
-Overall, Minamata resulted in health problems in many people, pollution, economic decay. -
When the Earth's population hit 3 billion.
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-The book shows how synthetic pesticides like DDT can harm people and the environment ad a whole.
-The book goes into detail about how pesticides not only kill bugs, fish, and bird species but eventually also make children ill.
-By drawing attention to these pesticides Rachel Carson was able to produce fear in people which caused them to ban DDT and more. -
-signed by President Lyndon Johnson
-preserves 9 million acres of U.S. land
-More than 750 wilderness areas were made around the U.S. as a sanctuary for endangered species and wildlife. -
-First "version"
-Changes were later made to improve the Clean Air Act.
-Federal law to control all types of air emissions. -
-One of the top three biggest oil spills
-Was the result of a company's negligence to follow safety precautions.
-Spilt around 3-million gallons of oil and killed thousands of animals
-Acts and laws passed after this incident were lead out as a structure for environmental safety guidelines. -
-When a passing train caused a spark, the spark started a fire on the Cuyahoga River
-Flames the size of three stories grew
-There had previously been many fires, but during the time of this fire people's interests in environmental change grew -
-The book and film "The Lorax" focuses on deforestation and the effects it has on animals and the environment.
-In "The Lorax" the Once-ler discovers the special trees and uses them for production, but his greed urges him to use ALL of the trees for his own gain. As a result of this, the life living in the trees is forced to leave their homes. -
-organisms and their environments coevolve
-Basically states that earth is a single ecosystem that uses abiotic and biotic factors to regulate and run itself like a system. -
When the Earth's population hit 4 billion.
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-This campaign educates people especially children on the aquatic environment and its animals.
-the overkill of whales almost caused many of their species to go extinct.
-When a certain animal is favored for hunting, it can bring inequalities to the ecosystem.
-Restoring the whale population would get rid of excess carbon from the ocean surface. -
-A gas leak caused 40 tons of methyl isocyanate to be released into India
- At least 3,800 people died and tons of animals (many of which people relied on for food) died
-The toxic gas also entered streams and killed many fish and contaminated the drinking water -
-gradual thinning of the earth's atmosphere
-Hole caused by the release of chemical compounds containing chlorine and bromine into the atmosphere
-Causes the amount of ultraviolet radiation that reaches the earth to increase causing skin damage, immune damage, and more -
-A nuclear power plant explosion caused radioactive materials to be deposited in large amounts of areas around the plant
-Most people were evacuated but many who were still forced to live there were impacted negatively by the toxic chemicals.
-People developed cancers and other dangerous illnesses
-The agricultural part of the economy was also impacted negatively -
When the Earth's population hit 3 billion.
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-One of the biggest oil spills in history
-off the Alaskan coast
-took 3 years to clean up and wildlife still hasn't recovered
-Animal life suffered enormously with thousands of deaths. -
-first agreement between countries to try and limit greenhouse gas emissions
-Some countries were able to cut their greenhouse gas use but some bigger countries were not able to
-Gas emissions ended up rising 40% -
When the Earth's population hit 3 billion.
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-Made by Al Gore
-He talks about the ways humans have messed up the world and the living creatures in it
-He explains global warming and the causes
-He also urges people to start trying to come up with ideas to fix global warming and other environmental factors
-Towards the end, he lists ways people can help slow global warming -
When the Earth's population hit 3 billion.
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-Michigan switched its source of water in an attempt to save money
-Without adequate testing, it was unknown that the water had high amounts of lead
-People started complaining about bad-smelling water, rashes, and other problems regarding the water
-The government ignored the complaints and the health of the people suffered
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