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Industrial Revolution
The world began to use machines and factories for agricultural.Also created trains,steel boats, machines. -
John Muir
was and early advocate of previsoon of wilderness in the United States -
Walden -Henry David Thoreau
A social experiement. Isolated himself from society in order to understand it. -
Homestead Act
An Act which was signed by Abraham Lincoln which offered 160 acres of free land to any free citizen who was head of the household -
Yellowstone National Park Founded
The first national park opened in the world -
American Forestry Association founded
non-profitable organization that protects the natonal forest. -
Yosmite plus Sequoia national park founded
Both American National parks -
General Revision Act
Act that repealled the Timber culture and Preemption act -
Sierra Club founded
one of the oldest enviromental organizations in the U.S. -
Lacey Act
law that protects plants and the wildlife -
Agricultural Revolution
A wide scale cultural act which many humans began to hunter and gather food.Population started to grow. -
Golden Age of Conservation
time when Theodore Roosevelt was worried about the enviroment -
First national wildlife refuge established
designation of certain wildlife areas in the United states created by Theodor Roosevelt -
U.S. forest service founded
agency of the united states agriculture that take care of America's forest -
Aldo Leopold
an enviromentalist and helper in the movement for wilderness conservation -
Audubon Society founded
American non profit organization dedicated to the enviroment -
Antiquities Act
act passed by Theodore Roosevelt which is a law passed by congress saying that the president has the official authority to restrict the use of public land -
congress became upset becasue Roosevelt was waving so much forest land so they banned further withdrawals
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U.S. national park founded
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Dust Bowl
period during the 1930s where many americans migrated to the west for jobs because of the severe drought. -
civilian conservation corps founded
A public work relief program in the U.S for the unmarried and unemployed...During the New Deal -
Soil conservation service founded
angency that provides technical assistance to farmers. -
Taylor Grazing Act
Law that provides regulation of public lands to improve the conditions of the land -
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
An act that authorized the annual insurance on ducks -
Fish Plus Wildlife Service Founded
A federal government agency that protects fish and the wildlife -
Silent Spring published by Rachel Carson
Book by Rachel Carson.Helped spread the word on the enviromental movement. -
Wildernes Act
An act which protects wild rivers and about 9.1 million acres of wilderness of federal land. -
Wild and scenic rivers Act
An act to protect the rivers of America -
Cuyahoga River in Cleaveland Ohio,Caught in fire
The Cuyahoga river caught on fire due to the pollution in this river -
NEPA (National Enviromental Policy Act)
Law which was established by the U.S. to promote the enchsnment of the enviroment -
Enviromental Protection Agency Established
Agency which was elevated on the concern about the enviroment. -
First Earths day
An event which was celebrated all around the world which was meant to support the enviromental protection -
Clean Air Act
An act to contril the pollution on a natural level. -
FIFRA
A law that pesticide regulation applicator and consumers of the enviroment. -
OPEC Embargo
OPEC declared an embargo in the response to the U.S. and Western Europe -
Endangered Species Act
An act passed by President nixon to protect species from extinction -
Roland and Molina (UCI)announce that CF's are depleting the ozone layer
In june 1974 two scientist declared that chlorofluorocarbons were being added in the atmosphere -
RCRA
law that governs the disposal of waste and waste. -
Clean Water Act
An act that established the goals to eliminate the amount of toxic in the oceans. -
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
act that regulates the enviromental effects of coal mining in the U.S. -
Love Canal NY
President Carter delcared a federal emergancy in the neighborhood of Love Canal in Niargra Falls due to the houses built on a toxic enviroment. -
3 Mile Island Nuclear accident
A nuclear meltdown due to nuclear power plant in pennsylvania -
CERCLA
a federal law designed to clean up hazardous sites. -
Alaskian Islands act
An act that provided and gave 43,585,000 acres of national parklands with an extra 53,720,000 of wildlife refuge system -
Bhopal,Indian (chemical toxoc cloud kills 2,000)
A gas leak in India.Over 50,000 people were exposed to methyl isocyniate and other toxic chemicals -
Chernobly Meltdown,Ukraine
A nuclear accident which was under the juristiction of the Soviet Union.Known as the worlds worst nuclear power plant accident -
Montreal Protocol
an internationl treaty that protects the ozone layer -
Exxon Valdez
An oil tanker which spilled over thousands of oil in Alaska -
Energy Policy Act of 1992
a United States act on alternative fuels -
Desert Protection Act
a federal law that established death valley and the mojave national preserve -
Kyoto Protocol
a treaty that sets binding obligations on idustrial countries -
World Population hits 6 billion
october 12 1999 the world hits 6 billion with the birth of baby sarajevo -
Al Gore (and IPCC)Presented with the Nobel Peace Prize for their work on climate change
an american politician -
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Oil Spill in the gulf of mexico which was also Americas biggest oil spill ever. -
UN Climate Change Conference,Cancun Mexico
to assess progress in dealing with climate change -
Worlds Population hit 7 billion
In 2011 the world hit 7 billion
