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Title: Environmental Problems


1
Environmental Problems
  • Smog
  • Industrial Pollution
  • Acid Rain
  • Nuclear Radiation

Cuyahoga River Fire
2
Silent Spring
  • Rachel Carson Silent Spring (1962)
  • Paul Ehrlichs Population Bomb

3
Earth Day
  • First Earth Day 1970
  • Gaylord Nelson
  • Wisconsin Governor and Senator
  • 1st teach in on the environment
  • April 22

4
Grass Roots Movement Explodes
  • Nixons Environmental Message to Congress
  • Supported political regulation of the environment

5
Environmental Decade Legislation
  • Environmental Protection Agency EPA regulates
    the environment 1970
  • The Clean Air Act 1972
  • The Clean Water Act 1972
  • Carters push for energy conservation
    efficiency

6
Chemical Waste
  • Love Canal crisis
  • Superfund 1980

7
Three Mile Island
  • Nuclear Power Plant in PA near meltdown 1979
  • Protests against nuclear power
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