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Industrial Revolution
the western industrial revolution when burning coal became the primary source of energy/fuel, and when human advancement dramatically changed the Earth's landscape. -
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Dust Bowl
a major dry period in the plains region of North America that causes major erosion, famine, and loss of jobs at accompanied the Great Depresion -
Silent Spring Published
ES/ecology essential book my Rachel Carson about the dangers of chemical pesticides. -
Creation of the EPA
President Richard Nixon signed the executive order to create the US Environmental Protection Agency -
Secretary Of Energy Position Created
President Jimmy Carter created the first Secretary of Energy position, designed to focus on energy production and regulation, and later, shifted to developing technology for better and more efficient energy sources as well as energy education. -
Chernobyl Disaster
Nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, USSR (now Ukarine). Causes numerous deaths directly and indirectly through radiation -
BP Oil Spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. -
Hong Kong plastic disaster
several containers of plastic pellets were spill in a typhoon off the shore of Hong Kong