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Industrial Revolution
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John Muir
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Walden By Henry David Thoreau
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Homestead Act
Several Federal Laws that gave an applicant ownership of land for little to no cost. -
Yellowstone National Park Founded
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American Forestry Association Founded
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Yosemite plus Sequoia National park founded
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General Revision Act
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Sierra Club Founded
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Lacey Act
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First National Wildlife Refuge Established
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Aldo Leopold
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U.S. Forest Service Founded
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Gifford Pinchot
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Audubon Society Founded
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Antiquites Act
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Congress became upset because Roosevelt was waving so musch forest land so they banned further withdrawals.
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U.S. National Park Services founded
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Dust Bowl
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Civilian Conservation Corps Founded
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Soil conservation Service Founded
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Taylor Grazing Act
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Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
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Fish plus Wildlife Service Founded
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Silent spring published by rachel carson
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Wilderness Act
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Wild and scenic Rivers Act
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NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act)
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Cuyahoga River in Cleverland Ohio caught Fire
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First Earth Date
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Environmental Protection Agency Established
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OPEC Oil embargo
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Endangered Species Act
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Roland and Molina (UCI) announce the CFC's are depleting the ozone layer
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RCRA (Resource Conservation Recovery Act)
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Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
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Clean Water Act
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Love Canal, NY (Toxic waste leaks into residential houses)
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3 Mile Island Nuclear Accident, Pennsylvania
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Alaskan Lands Act
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CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Reaponce, Compensation, and liability Act= Super-Fund)
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Bhobal, Indian (Chemical Toxic Cloud Kills 2,000)
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Chernobyl Meltdown, Ukraine
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Montreal Protocol
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Exxon Valdez
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Energy Policy Act of 1992
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Desert Protection Act
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Kyoto Protocol
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World population hits 6 billion
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Al Gore (and IPCC) presented with the Nobel Peace Price for their work in Climate Change
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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
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UN Climate Change Conference, Cancun, Mexico
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World Population hits 7 billion
