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Silent Springs was a book written by Rachel Carson, which documented severe effects on the enironment.
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The energy crisis began in the early 1970's. due to a trade embargo with the OAPEC.
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Earth Day was created by Senator Gaylord Nelson as a way to force enviromental issues into the light.
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Created by the EPA to regulate air emissions from moble and stationary sources.
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The Enviromental Protection Agency was created in in early December of 1970 to assist in federal reaserch on enviromental issues.
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This act was created to establish a national commitment protect the water supply.
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This organization uses peaceful protest to expose and develop solutions to the world's enviromental problems.
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The Organization of the Pertroluem Exporting Countries was created by five countries in the middle east to secure stable and fair prices for petroleum producers.
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Jimmy Carter was elected President January 20th. During his four year presidency he expanded the national park system, established a national energy policy, and created the National Department of Energy.
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When Nuclear waste was buried undergound in Love Canal, NY, it began to leak. This caused serious effects on the residents and the neighborhood as a whole.
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The nuclear reactor on the island experiences a water cooling malfunction. There were no injuries because of this accident.
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Superfund was created to clean up the nation's nuclear waste.
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Exxon Valdez was finished in October 14th, 1985. This was an oil tanker that spilled thousands of barrels of Crude Oil in Alaska.
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Chernobyl is the effect of a nuclear reactor meltdown in Ukraine,
