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Yellowstone Act
This act made Yellowstone the first national park. This act lead to the creations of national parks, and these parks ,such as Yellowstone, are an important part of our lives now becuase we can go camping and enjoy the nature resource they provide. -
Missouri v. Illinois and the Sanitary District of Chicago
"It is a question of the first magnitude whether the destiny of the great rivers is to be the sewers of the cities along their banks or to be protecting against everything which threatens their purity." This brought concern about the equal protection which apply o the establishment of the Fourteenth Amendment. It is important to remember because it is one of the biggest problems appeared during the time when America was developing and it brought attention to the equal protection. -
Burton Act
This Act preserved Niagara Falls from hydroelectric power facilities. This act protected the resourse of hydraulic of the fall for later genarations. It is important because it provented the demage of over-using hydraulic from happening to Niagara Falls. -
Georgia v. Tennessee Copper Company and Ducktown Sulphur
This event shows the seriousness of the pollution that factories created at that time period. It apples to the Fourteenth Amendment which is equal protection. The final result of this course justiced based on the Fourteenth Amendment, this is one of earliest courses that were ended like this. -
The National Park Service
The establishment of the National Park Service provided places for people to camp and it also protects the natrual resources in the national parks. It is important to us nowadays becuase there are about 400 national parks in the U.S. which means that it plays quite a big role in our lives. -
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City was the first U.S. city to cunduct a large scale survey of air pollution. This is a big step for the environmental policy development. It is important for us becuase the air quality is much better than it used to be, and it all thanks to the awareness to air pollution. -
CCC
The Civilian Conservation Corps was formed under the Emergency Conservation Work Act during the Great Depression. It is a "peacetime" army that protect natrual resources. Because CCC camps existed in every State, it has a great impact on everyon state. -
the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
Over 100,000,000 acres of prairie land were affected by the Dust Bowl storm, and this act is in effort to control it. Becuase of this act, U.S. land use and conservation are protected. For us nowadays it is important because it created a safer and cleaner environment. -
The Antarctic Treaty
This treaty protected Antarctica from the dumping of nuclear waste. The condition of Antarctica has a great impact on the globle climate, it is important to protect Antarctica for humans. -
Silent Spring
The book described the ecological and health effects of pesticides and chemicals. The concept lead the governmenet to outlaw the use of pesticides like DDT several years later. Because of it, we can still see birds and other animals around us. -
the Clean Air Act
This is the first Clena Air Act to regulate air pollution and emissions. It helped Amricans to improve the air quality and life quality. It is important for us becuase that is the reason why we can live in clean air. -
the Wilderness Act
This Act protects resource of wilderness for future genarations as for a sustainable development. It is important for us becuase the act secures that there will be enough recources of wilderness for us and later genarations. -
Sierra Club v. Morton
The questions of Sierra Club's leagal standing brought the attentions to the Fourteenth Amendment, because the environment impacted everyone, were not subject to legal standing rules. This effects us in the way of factories cannot pollute the environment as much as they want to. -
“Blue Marble”
This is the first time Americans have a "outside" look of the earth. It was shocking and raise awareness of environmental issues. Awareness is usually the first and most important thing when it comes to dealing with society issues. -
The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
It is an Act protect waterways from pollution, commercialization, and development. It helps to keep the rivers clean and makes rivers able to provide us water. -
Cuyahoga River
Becuase the Cuyahoga River cought on fire for 5 times, it raised people's awareness of environmental problems. It is important for us is becuase it shows that if we did not protect the environment, the outcome would be scary. -
NEPA
The National Environmental Policy Act began the modern era of environmental policy. This leads America to a whole new level on protecting the envrionment for ourselves and the future generation. -
The Frist Earth Day
This is a great celebration to raise people's awareness of protecting the environment and learn how to. It is now celebrated around the world. -
The Environmental Protection Agency
This is where Americans started to take actions from plans. The EPA is to develop solutions to pullutions. It is important because nothing can be done by just saying, this is actrual actions. -
"Crying Indian"
This is the first time to have commercial about the environment on nationwide television. This shows that people started to pay more and more attention to the environment. -
The Montreal Protocol
This international tready was first signed to eliminate ozone-depleting hydrocarbons from the environment. it has been hailed as an example of exceptional international cooperation becuase there were so many countries which adopted it. It is important for us because the harmful ozone-depleting hydrocarbon production has significantly decreased after this tready was signed. -
global warming warning
The warning from NASA brought people's attention toward the environment closer. This shows us whatever we are doing is effecting the climate to change. -
the Convention on Climate Change and the Earth Charter
This is a global pledge to control global warming. This is very important for human beings becuase in order to prevent the scary reults global warming might bring, everyone must be part of the program to do something. -
Live Earth
The concerts which featured Madonna, the Black Eyed Peas, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, and the Beastie Boys raised awareness of climate change. The strong appeal of these world stars bring people to learn more about climate change. It is important for them to do it, and it is a big step for celebrities to lead by examples of themselves. -
Julia Butterfly Hill
She lived for 735 days in the top of a 180-feet tall California Coast Redwood tree and successfully blocked its destruction. This is such a remarkabel movement to protect the rare species. Her action inspire us to do more on our own to protect the environment.
