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Dustbowl in North America
The Dustbowl, a name given to the Southern Plains region in the United States during the 1930s and 40s, represented the extreme droughts and dry conditions of the land. (https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/dust-bowl#) -
Green Revolution
The Green Revolution, which occurred in the 1940’s was the beginning of when new crops were introduced and could increase the production of certain crops. (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/green-revolution-norman-borlaug-race-to-fight-global-hunger/#:~:text=American%20Experience%3A%20What%20was%20the,those%20crops%20in%20two%20countries.) -
Minamata Bay Disaster
The Minamata Bay disaster was a tragedy where chemicals were dumped into the sea and fish began to eat them, poisoning anyone who ate them too. (https://www.med.or.jp/english/pdf/2006_03/112_118.pdf) -
Silent Spring is Published
Silent Spring was a book published to bring awareness to the use of harmful biocides in agriculture.
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/story-silent-spring#:~:text=Silent%20Spring%20took%20Carson%20four,caused%20cancer%20and%20genetic%20damage. -
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
This act allows the disposal of waste to be tracked and it was designed to help encourage recycling.
https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-resource-conservation-and-recovery-act -
First Earth Summit
When an action plan was proposed for the environment programs.
https://www.un.org/en/conferences/environment/rio1992 -
CITES Formed
A meeting in 1975 where the IUCN was formed which focuses on preserving nature.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/convention-on-international-trade-in-endangered-species#:~:text=CITES%20was%20first%20conceived%20of,of%20wild%20animals%20and%20plants. -
EPA Clean Air Act
The Clean Air Act was put in place to help reduce and regulate the amount of air pollutants put out in the world. -
Nalrobl Earth Summit
An African climate act used to help reduce climate change in Africa.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/4/africa-climate-summit-begins-in-kenya-a-simple-guide#:~:text=The%20summit%27s%20declared%20goal%20is,for%20Africa%27s%20green%20energy%20transition. -
Bhopal Disaster
The Bhopal disaster is referred to as one of the worst industrial accidents ever where a hazardous gas leak caused 3000+ people to die in the first week of being exposed.
https://www.tni.org/en/article/from-chernobyl-to-fukushima-the-hazardous-journey-of-nuclear-power#:~:text=Chernobyl%20is%20the%20world%27s%20worst,an%20estimated%2015%2C000%20to%2020%2C000. -
Chernobyl Disaster
I’m 1986, reactor 4 of the Chernobyl plant failed and caused a massive radioactive explosion leaving the area no habitable for at least another 20,000 years.
https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/chernobyl-accident.aspx -
Montreal Protocol
Is an agreement to start to reduce the usage of chemicals that are depleting our ozone layer.
https://www.unep.org/ozonaction/who-we-are/about-montreal-protocol