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founded Sierra Club in 1892; fought unsucessfully to prevent the damming of the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park
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Prohibits interstate transport of wild animals dead or alive without federal permit
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First Chief of the US Forest Service: advocated manaing resources for multiple use using principles of sustainable yield.
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Published Slient Spring; Documented the enivornmental damage dnoe by DDT and other pesticides. Which heightned public awareness at the start of the modern enivornmental movement
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Protects reives with due to aesthetic, recreaional, wildlife, historical, or cultrual reasons
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Environmental Impact Statements must be done before amy project affecting federal lands can be started
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Set emission standards for cars, and limits for release of air pollutants.
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set maxium permissible amounts of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterways. Aim: to make surface waters swimmable and fishable
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Protects species that are considered to be threatened or endangered. Includes migratory birds and their habitats.
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set maximum contaminant levels for pollutants that may have adverse effects on human health
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Controls hazardous waste with a cradle to grave system
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Requires coal strip mines to relcainm the land
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controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries
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Established federal authority for emergency response and clean-up of hazardous substances that have been spilled, improperly disposed, or released into the environment.
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Pharse out of ozone depleting substances
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Bans ocean dumping of sewage sludge & industrial waste
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Controls the exploitation of endangered species through international legislation. Bans hunting, capturing, and selling of threatened species and bans the import of ivory.
