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Castle Bravo
Was a code name give for the first US test of a dry fuel hydro bomb. It was the most powerful nuclear device denotated by the US. -
Silent Spring
Ann Enviormental Science book written by Rachael Carson. Her book ignited the Enviormental Movement. it presented a view of nature compromised by synthetic pestcides especially DTT. -
The Palomares Incident
A B-52G bomber collided with a KC-135 tanker during mid-air refueling. -
Door to Hell
A natural gas field that collasped into an underground cavern in 1971. It became a natural gas crater. Geologists set it on fire to prevent the spread of deadly methane gas. -
Pacific Gyre Garbage Patch
Is a gyre of marine litter in the central North Pacific Ocean.Many sea animals are in danger because of all the gargage in the ocean including nets and plastic. -
The Three Mile Island NUclear Explosion
It was the worst accident in US commercial nuclear power plant history. The incident was rated a five on a seven-point nuclear event scale. -
The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
An oil tanker struck Prince William Sounds Bligh Reef and spilled 11 to 33 million US gallons of crude oil. -
The Kuwart Oil Fires
The fires were caused by Iragi military foreces that setted the fire to a 605 to 732oil wells. The last well was capped on Nov 6, 1991 -
JIllian Chemical Plant Explotions
The plant explotion killed six injured dozens and caused an evacuationof the tens of thousands residents. -
TVA Kingston Fossil Plant Coal Fly Ash Slurry
When an ash dike ruptured. 1.1 billion US gallns of coal ash slurry was released. It was the lagest fly ash release in the US. -
Fukushima Daiichi
It was a nuclear accident that initated primarily by the tsunami of the Tohoku eathquake and tsunami.
