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dust bowl
the dust ball event happened from 1930 to 1940. Mutable dust storms happing all over the country. Destroying countless homes, farms, and land. Also this happened right after the great depression. -
Clean water act
Clean water act was passed in 1948 by the federal water pollution control. The clean water act wanted to try and clean up rivers and lakes to try and get them to drinkable leave's because only 1% of all water on earth is drinkable. -
MinaMata disaster
Minamata disease was linked to poisoned water in a fishing village in Japan in the 1950s. In May 1956, the fish in Minamata bay on the Kyushu Island of Japan had high dangerously high levels of methylmercury. The symptoms of the patients were serious, including sensory disturbances. Ataxia, dysarthria, constriction of the visual field. The number of grave cases declined rapidly but the past 36 years. 2252 patients have been recognized as having the Minamata disease. 1043 have died -
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love canal
between 1921 and 1953, the hooker electrochemical company (now known as OXY) used the abandoned love canal to dispose over 21,000 ton of hazardous chemical. The drums leaked and contaminated soil and water. Complaints about odor and residue was first reported in the 1960s. These reports increased in the 1970s as the water level rose and brought contaminated groundwater to the surface .In 1980 president carter established the love canal an emergency declaration area (EDA). -
Rachel Carson's Silent spring
In the 50’s she started her research and reported on the effect insecticides had on wildlife. Audubon society asked her to become a partnership and that’s how silent spring started. Their research focused on the effects of DDT and similar pesticides. During this time, Rachel was diagnosed with breast cancer and the book wasn’t published until 1962. She died 2 years after the book was published but in 1970, the Environmental Protection Agency formed, and her and research helped phase out DDT. -
Stockholm conference
The United Nations General Assembly decided to make a program called “Stockholm Conference”. The intention of this program was to monitor the effects humas had on the world. This took place in Sweden in 1972 and costing over $30,000,000. The impact of this drastically helps us understand how bad humas destroy the earth and how to fix it. -
Endagered species act
The Endangered Species Act establishes protections for fish, wildlife, and plants that are listed as endangered or threatened. It is illegal to “take” an endangered animal. This means hunt, shoot, capture, trap, kill, wound, harm, or pursue -
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Mr faubel at west chester
Defensively for WCU, Dan Faubel (Hawley/Wallenpaupack) had five tackles one for a loss of three yards and he knocked down a trio of passes all on the same series in the second half. Linebacker Mark Jones posted a pair of sacks for -25 yards, while Eggleston had four tackles, two sacks (-14 yards) and two pass hurries. West Chester is coming off a 48-21 victory at Kutztown last Saturday, while the Marauders defeated Cheyney University 31-7.
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Bhopal disaster
more than 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, immediately killing at least 3,800 people and causing premature deaths for many more. This is known as the worst industrial accident in history. The company involved immediately tried to dissociate itself from legal responsibility. The Indian government reached out to them from the country’s supreme court and only then did they accept moral responsibility. They paid $470 million dollars in compensation. -
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Chernobyl meltdown
At a power plant in Ukraine there was an accident that led to radioactive material leaking out and causing the area to be shut down. They poured sand and boron to help stop fires and radioactive. -
montreal protocol
he government funded company trying to protect the stratospheric ozone layer. The stratospheric ozone layer protects us from harmful ultraviolet sun rays that penetrate the atmosphere so making sure it doesn't deplete is key. -
Exxon Valdez oil spill
The oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William sound, Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of oil into the water. This is one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was eventually assigned most of the blame -
kyoto protocol
this was a group that tried to stop the greenhouse gas emissions and slow down global warming. They slowly add gases to the atmosphere to balance it out. There were 36 countries that tried it out -
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Documentary Film, an Inconvenient Truth Released
this film was first made as a slide show after Laurie David saw it loved it so much she decided to make it in to a movie. The movie was about climate change and how it can and will destroy our earth. The film was widely acclaimed and opened a lot of eyes. 2006 -
Deep water horizon
2010 an oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 41 miles of the coast of Louisiana. The oil rig sucked two days later. Countless birds, fish, and other ocean creatures died or had irreversible damage. -
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Zero water in south africa
cape town endured a 1 in 400 year drought which took the city of around 4.6 million residents to the brink of “day zero” a point when cape town would run out of water -
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