Environmental Movement

By ShellyBiggin
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    Environmental Movement

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  • Federal Water Pollution Control Act

    1st legislation of lay down federal regulation on water quality

  • Natural Conservancy Started

    Established in Washington D.C. as a nonprofit organization with its misson to protect ecological important lands and waters around the world.

  • Air Pollution Control Act Passes Congress

    1st piece of legislation to address air pollution; the control was given to the states

  • Sierra Club Gains National Recognition

    Protests construction of the Ecol Park Dam in Dinosaur National Park

  • Rachel Carson's Silent Spring Published

    This book condemns the overuse of pesticides in the U.S.

  • Stewart Udall Publishes The Quiet Crisis

    Secretary of the Interior Udall wrote about an early call on envirmonmental pollution with an introduction by President Kennedy

  • Clean Air Act Passes

    $95 milion for the study and clean up of air and water pollution. It also gives the government authority to reduce interstate pollution, regulate emission standards for stationary pollution sources, and invest in technologies that will remove sulfur form coal and oil

  • Water Quality Act Passes

    Enhances Federal control over water quality and these standards wil become the basesline for statewide water quality levels

  • Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act

    Sets the first Federal automobile emission standards

  • Endangered Species Act

    1st legislation regarding the protection of endangered domestic fish and wildlife; allotted $15 million a year

  • National Enviromental Policy Act

    Requires every federal agency to prepare an Evironmental Impact Statement for any legislation.

  • 1st Earth Day

    1st National celebration with a nationwide protest against enviromental ignorance; estimated 20 milllion people participated across the U.S.

  • Establish EPA

    Enviromental Protection Agency is responsible for U.S. environmental policy; hiring 4,000 Americans

  • NOAA Established

    National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration is created to monitor and improve condition of the oceans

  • Clean Air Act Established

    CWA primary legislation governing water pollution in the country. The goal is to eliminate toxic substances in the water and uphold surface water to national standard of cleanliness.

  • DDT is Banned in the U.S.

    10 years after Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring

  • Endangered Speces Act Passes

    Congress passes the act in order to prevent the extinction of animals in the U.S.

  • Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act

    President Nixon signs the acts in an attempt to balance the nation's energy demands with appropriate environmental regulations.

  • Department of Energy is Established

    President Carter established the department to carry out comprehensive natinal energy plan that reflects federal legislation

  • Created Energy Tax Act

    Tax credits given to encourage fuel effeciency and renewable energy of ethanol.

  • Montreal Protocol is Signed

    Countries of U.S., Japan, Canada, and 21 other countries, agreed to phase out ozone-depleating CFC's by the year 2000

  • Ocean Dumping Ban Act of 1988

    President Regan signs the law that prohibits all waste dumping in the ocean starting in 1992

  • Established Intergovernmental Panel of Ciimate Change

    World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environmental Program established the IPCC which provides a balanced scientific information regarging climate change for reports to be published in 1990, 1995, 2001, and 2007