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William Penn States that there must be one tree standing for every five that were cut down.
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Yellowstone beconesthefirst national park
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First Clean Air Act passed by congress
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Congress passed the Wilderness Act, establishing the National Wilderness Preservation System to “secure for the American people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness.” By 2001, there were 90 million acres of preserved wilderness in the U.S.
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The Water Quality act, stating the standards for water and pollution, was passed by President Johnson
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Cuyahoga river in Cleveland ignitedin flames due to extreme levels of pollution in the water.
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First Earth day was celebrated by morethan 20 million people
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Oil spill that leaves 11 million gallons of oil in the water
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Woman lived on top of a 180-foot tall Redwood tree for 735 days, successfully stopping the destruction of the tree.
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58,000 gallons ofoil spill into the San Francisco bay. Resulting in thousands of dead seabirds.
