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Reading 8.13
Environment and Natural Resources from 1968 to 1980
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Rachel Carson | Conservationist and author who wrote Silent Spring, an exposé on pesticides that helped spark an environmental movement that included a national ban on DDT. |
| Silent Spring | Exposé on pesticides written by Rachel Carson in 1962 that helped spark an environmental movement that included a national ban on DDT. |
| Barry Commoner | Biologist who led the political fight to end above ground nuclear weapons testing after discovering high levels of a cancer-causing substance from nuclear radiation in children’s teeth. |
| Paul Ehrlich | Biologist who argued in his book The Population Bomb that overpopulation was causing the world’s environmental problems and that starvation would become a major issue. |
| The Population Bomb | Book written by biologist Paul Ehrlich in which he argued that overpopulation was causing the world’s environmental problems and that starvation would become a major issue. |
| Bikini Atoll | U.S. nuclear weapons test site where in 1954 the 23-man crew of the Japanese fishing vessel Lucky Dragon were exposed to radioactive fallout, which helped spark restrictions on nuclear testing. |
| Santa Barbara Bay | Site of an oil well blowout in 1969 that spilled more than 200,000 gallons of oil into the ocean and the resulting widespread pollution forced the oil industry to reform its operations. |
| Cuyahoga River | Body of water in Cleveland, OH that burst into flames in 1969 because of the oils and chemicals floating on its surface, which helped spark the environmental movement. |
| Three Mile Island | Nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania that experienced a malfunction that almost resulted in a nuclear disaster and turned public opinion against building additional nuclear power plants. |
| Earth Day | Annual environmental celebration started in 1970 to encourage people to participate in local nature and environment activities as part of the growing environmental movement . |
| Earthrise | Photograph of the world taken by the Apollo crew in 1968 that became an iconic image for the environmental movement. |
| Sierra Club | Environmental activist group founded by John Muir to promote preservationism and other environmental priorities that experienced rapid member growth as part of the environmental movement. |
| National Audubon Society | Organization focused on the conservation of birds that established sophisticated operations in Washington D.C. as part of the environmental movement. |
| Environmental Defense Fund | Organization focused on financing environmental solutions that established sophisticated operations in Washington D.C. as part of the environmental movement. |
| National Wildlife Federation | Organization focused on conservation education and advocacy that established sophisticated operations in Washington D.C. as part of the environmental movement. |
| National Resources Defense Council | Organization focused on providing legal support for conservation efforts that established sophisticated operations in Washington D.C. as part of the environmental movement. |
| National Parks Conservation Association | Organization focused on advocacy for the National Parks System that established sophisticated operations in Washington D.C. as part of the environmental movement. |
| Wilderness Act (1964) | Congressional law that permanently set aside certain federal lands from commercial economic development in order to preserve them in their natural state. |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Independent federal agency created under President Nixon to regulate and enforce regulations on air and water pollution, radiation issues, pesticides and solid waste. |
| Clean Air Act (1970) | Congressional law that regulated air emissions and authorized the EPA to set standards to protect public health by regulating emissions of hazardous pollutants. |
| Clean Water Act (1977) | Congressional law that regulated discharges of pollutants into U.S. waters and authorized the EPA to set standards to protect public health by regulating discharges of hazardous pollutants. |
| Superfund Act (1980) | Congressional law that established financing administered by the EPA to clean up toxic waste from former industrial sites. |
| Endangered Species Act (1973) | Congressional law passed in response to the near extinction of American bald eagles in order to protect the ecosystems that wildlife depended on for survival. |
| Emissions | Production and discharge of harmful pollutants, which the environmental movement campaigned to have regulated by the federal government in order to protect the environment and public health. |
| Greenhouse Gasses | Emissions into the air, such as carbon dioxide and methane, that scientists determined contribute to global warming and climate change. |
| Climate Change | Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, which scientists have determined humans can have an impact on and is a concern of the environmental movement. |
| Antinuclear Movement | Push against the construction of new nuclear plants and increased government regulation of existing nuclear plants after the accident at the Three Mile Island power plant in Pennsylvania. |
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