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There were several technical factors including better machines, new varieties of crops and livestock, new pesticides, and better irrigation techniques.
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Started by scientists to acquire ecologically important reserves
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The first piece of legislation to lay down regulation of water quality, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, is passed by Congress.
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20 People died, and 600 people were sent to a hospital after a steel and wire plant in Donora, PA. The temperature was reversed which lead to the sulfur remaining in the atmosphere.
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A document that outlines the US increasing reliance on foreign sources of natural resources.
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The Silent World by Jacques Cousteau introduces the world to an underwater adventure, and ushers in a new global interest in the ocean and its life.
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Air pollution act passed. It was the first federal legislation that surrounded air pollution. The bill survived several years of pushback from the entire federal government.
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The total parts per million of carbon monoxide worldwide surpass 300 ppm.
