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National Park Service Act
Established the National Park Service (NPS), an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior. The NPS was entrusted with the duty to manage the system. The act declared the fundamental purpose of the national park system as to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects. -
Bald Eagle Protection Act
provides for the protection of the bald eagle and the golden eagle by prohibiting the take, possession, sale, purchase, barter, offer to sell, purchase or barter, transport, export or import, of any bald or golden eagle, alive or dead, including any part, nest, or egg. -
Public Health Service Act
brought together all existing laws affecting the Service. Signed By President Roosevelt -
Antarctic Treaty System
A land which the Antarctic Treaty parties call a natural reserve, devoted to peace and science. The objectives are to demilitarize Antarctica, to establish it as a zone free of nuclear tests and the disposal of radioactive waste, and to ensure that it is used for peaceful purposes only, to promote international scientific cooperation in Antarctica, and to set aside disputes over territorial sovereignty. -
Silent Spring published
book written by Rachel Carlson. The book is widely credited with helping launch the contemporary American environmental movement. Helped inform about pesticides and the effect of the environment. -
Clean Air Act
the first federal legislation regarding air pollution control -
Endangered Species Preservation Act
Was a U.S. federal legislation that directed the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to initiate and carry out programs that aim to conserve, restore, and in some cases propagate certain species of indigenous fish and wildlife determined to be in danger of extinction. -
National Environmental Policy Act
was one of the first laws ever written that establishes a broad national framework for protecting our environment. -
Endangered Species Conservation Act
Contained amendments to the Endangered Species Preservation Act. If species were in danger all across the globe, they could be listed as endangered in the United States. -
Clean Air Act Reauthorization
this is the revised act we still use today. Most important revision. -
First Earth Day
Earth Day became the first opportunity they had to join in a nationwide demonstration to send a big message to public officials--a message to tell them to protect our planet. It the energy of the anti-war protest movement and putting environmental concerns front and center. -
EPA formed
To consolidate in one agency a variety of federal research, monitoring, standard-setting and enforcement activities to ensure environmental protection. Since its inception, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people. -
Clean Water Act
established to regulate the discharge of pollutants from point sources to waters of the United States -
U.N. Environment Program created
Works to encourage sustainable development through sound environmental practices everywhere. It covers atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems, the promotion of environmental science, etc. -
DDT Banned
Cancelling nearly all remaining Federal registrations of DDT products. Public health, quarantine, and a few minor crop uses were excepted, as well as export of the material. -
Endangered Species Act
The purpose of the ESA is to protect and recover imperiled species and the ecosystems upon which they depend. -
Toxic Substances Control Act
Provides EPA with authority to require reporting, record-keeping and testing requirements, and restrictions relating to chemical substances and/or mixtures. -
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
This act, which regulates land-based disposal of waste, has the goal of reducing waste and encouraging recycling. -
Public Health Service Act
established the importance of public health service -
Love Canal Disaster
One of the most appalling environmental tragedies in American history. An explosion in New York City. The explosion was triggered by a record amount of rainfall. Shortly thereafter, the leaching began. -
Three Mile Island accident
This was the most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history, although its small radioactive releases had no detectable health effects on plant workers or the public. -
Chernobyl
was the result of a flawed reactor design that was operated with inadequately trained personnel. The steam explosion and fires released at least 5% of the radioactive reactor core into the atmosphere and downwind. -
Exxon Valdez oil spill
The oil tanker Exxon Valdez, in Alaska, spilled almost 11 million gallons of cude oil across 1300 miles of coastline. A catastrophic event that lead to one of the most thorough examinations of the effects of oil on the environment. -
Est. Of US Green Building Counci
Promote sustainability in the building and construction industry. -
Food Quality Protection Act
The FQPA amended the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) by fundamentally changing the way EPA regulates pesticides. Some of the major requirements include stricter safety standards, especially for infants and children, and a complete reassessment of all existing pesticide tolerances.
