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The theory predicted that exponential growth of the human population would outpace linear food production, which would lead to starvation.
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John Muir was a naturalist. He founded the Sierra Club and helped established Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks.
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A book published in 1854 written by Henry about his time spent living in his cabin in the woods.
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A law signed by President Abraham Lincoln accelerating settlement in the western territory of the United States.
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Established to help conservation of forests.
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Repealed the Timber Culture and Preemption Acts and gave the President authority to create forests preserves under the Forest Reserve Act.
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Founded by John Muir who became its first President. Made it its mission to explore and protect wild places on earth.
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Protects plants and wildlife by creating penalty for trading fishes, wildlife and plants illegally.
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Established during Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency at the peak of the Progressive Movement. The service manages public land in national forests and grasslands.
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Was the 1st Chief of the Forest Service, and 4th Chief of the Division of Forestry. Made forester an actual profession with Roosevelt's support.
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Leopold was a conservative, educator, philosopher, forester writer and outdoor enthusiast. He is responsible for establishing U.S Forest Service in Arizona and New Mexico. http://www.aldoleopold.org/AldoLeopold/leopold_bio.shtml
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Established to help conserve as well as restore natural ecosystems. The Society focuses a lot on conserving different kinds of bird species.
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A preservation law protecting areas and land of historical significance.
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The 1930s was a period of dust storm that did great damage to American and Canadian agricultures.
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Established to conserve America's natural resources so that it can last for an extended amount of time.
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The organization provides funds to improve conservation of soil. Helps ecosystems recover from wildfires and tries to minimize runoff that might cause soil erosion.
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The Act was signed by President Roosevelt in his mission to conserve ecosystems and the environment. The act was meant to control overgrazing of public land by livestocks which cause soil erosion.
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Also known as the Duck Stamp. Damage to their ecosystem and habitat, as well as overshooting caused a decreased in the bird's population and the the act made it so that any person above 16 or older must carry a duck stamp in order to hunt ducks, geese etc.
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The agency is responsible with protecting and conserving fish, plants species, as well as the habitat they live in.
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Had a passion for animals which prompted her to live in the wildness of Tanzania, Africa to study chimpanzees and the evolution of humans.
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The book showed all the negative effects of DDT and caused questions about advancement in technology as well as providing a reason as to why it is important to conserve the environment.
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63 and 65- This act was meant to provide funding for the clean up of air pollution
70- Created policies that helped prevent harm being done to the environment
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Protects millions of acres of wilderness and was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Also signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson the act protects rivers in the U.S.
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The National Environmental Policy Act makes federal agencies consider the impact on the environment when making decisions for the progress of their agency,
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Located in Cleveland, Ohio. Due to being one of the most polluted rivers in America at the time, the river caught on fire.
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Created the EPA to enforce guidelines that have to do with the environment. His time in office greatly benefitted the environment the associations that were trying to manage and preserve it.
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Environmental pollution caused President Richard Nixon to act by establishing the Environmental Protection Agency to ensure the protection of the environment.
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Federal Insectide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide. The sale and distribution of pesticides were controlled by this program.
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Arab oil producers declared that they were limiting shipping oil to the United States.
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CFC is a compound consisting of Chlorine, fluorine, and carbon and in 1974, Sherwood, Roland, and Molina announced that it was depleting the ozone layer.
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The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act was passed in able to ensure the protection of human health and the environment from waste disposals.
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Protected people and the environment from the adverse effects of surface coal mining operations.
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Stopped companies and facilities from dumping waste into the water contributing to water pollution.
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The area known as Love Canal was housing a large amount of hazardous chemical waste, which contaminated the area. The pollution in the area affected the health of the residents living in the area.
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The accident was serious yet only a small amount of radiation was released and there were no recored health effects. The accident had a huge impact on emergency responses to these types of situation.
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The act proctects over 100 million acres of federal land in Alaska.
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This law taxed chemical and petroleum industries and authorized the United States government to respond to possible releases of hazardous chemicals that could be a danger to the environment and people.
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Reagan was pro-industry/economy and so not much progress was made in environmentalism during his time in office.
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Methyl isocynate gas leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, Indian, killing over 8,000 people in a matter of days.
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A nuclear power station in Ukraine had an accident that cause its Unit 4 to shut down. The accident killed 28 of its workers.
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Regulations trying to reduce amounts of substances and chemicals that contributed to the depletion of the ozone layer.
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Exxon Valdez was the oil that caused the biggest oil spill in United States history at the time. This made the U.S consider plans for dealing with these types of disaster.
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Established energy mangagement goals.
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The act established Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks, and Mojave National Reserve.
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An international agreement in an attempt to to reduce emissions that harm the environment and contribute to climate change.
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