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1600-1700's
Stated how the negative changes to the environment (dust, chemicals, etc;) could harm people
Used the Cinchona to help treat Malaria -
1750-1850
Smoke from factories pollutes the air
Uses up natural resources that can’t be renewed -
1766-1834
>says that in population doesn’t get counted, resources could run out
>the way people lived could be harmful for the environment and other people -
1800's
1800’s
>more tools were invented to use on the farm and helped the crops grow
>gave more resources of food to people -
March 31st,1933
focused on road construction, flood control, reforestation, and soil erosion prevention.
Improved/constructed state/national parks -
1939-1945
>Oil fields, fires, smoke and chemicals pollute the air
>Water and Soil were also polluted -
1939-1945
>Oil fields, fires, smoke and chemicals pollute the air
>Water and Soil were also polluted -
1942-2004
>reduced engine “knock”, but increased pollution from cars
>worse for the environment that the regular gasoline -
August 1945
>Released nuclear substances to the area
>Caused smoke to enter the sky and to rain “Back Rain” -
December 1968
Says that many of the environmental problems today are caused by people and overpopulation and the over use of natural resources
Says that the quality of life that people are living are hurting the Earth and everything and everyone on it -
1985
>end nuclear bomb testing in the Pacific Ocean
>Stops illegal fishing and shipments of illegal wood -
April 26th,1986
>made environment in that area in radio active
>Water pollution also -
March 24th,1989
>Oil Spill
>Occurred in Alaska; bound for California; Hit Prince William Sound’s Bligh Reef -
August 2nd,1990 – February 28th,1991
>11 million barrels of oil released into the Gulf
>Air pollution by fire and smoke -
Dec 14th, 1994 - July 4th, 2012
>Created more electricity than 18 nuclear power plants
>One the Yangzi River in China -
2006
>Says that global warming is real
>Global warming will and has extinct organisms -
April 20th, 2010
>Contaminated the water in the Gulf of Mexico
>at LEAST 8000 birds, sea turtles, and marine animals were found dead or injured