Intro

Question 1

Enviornmental Science

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study of the enviornment

Question 2

Thomas Malthus

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Predicted exponential population growth would outpace linear food production, leads to starvation

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John Muir

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Naturalist that wanted to preserve wilderness in U.S.; founded Sierra club

“Father of the National Parks”

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Sierra club

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First non-profit enviornmental organization; explore & enjoy nature but also protect it

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Henry David Thoreau

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Believed in being simple and self sufficient
Author of Walden; or, Life in the Woods

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Yellowstone national park

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First national park; created by Ulysses S. Grant

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London Fog

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Coal burning created toxic fog in London; high levels of sulfer dioxide :(

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Lacey Act (1900)

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You can’t kill birds without paying the state; Prohibits trade in wildlife, fish, and plants that have been illegally taken, transported or sold

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Theodore Roosevelt

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1st enviornmental president; started the Golden Age of Conservation

The golden age of conservation is Roosevelt’s presidency; he pushed a lot for conservation

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Pelican island

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First national wildlife refugee

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Forest service (1905)

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Pinchot believed in using forests but also protecting them. The Forest Service administered national forests

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Aldo Leopold

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Founder of the science of wildlife management

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US National Park Service

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created by an act signed by President Woodrow Wilson on August 25, 1916

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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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Founded by FDR; planted 3 billion trees and constructed 800 parks nationwide

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Dust bowl

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A drought occurred, and the peoples used bad farming techniques which led to soil depletion & starvation.

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Donora, Pennsylvania

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First major air quality disaster; weather trapped toxic fumes and killed 20 people + 7,000 ill

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Sand county Almanac

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Book by Aldo Leopold; about living on land and treating land ethically

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London smog

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Coal burning produce smoke + unusual weather patterns trapping smoke = killing thousands of people

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Minamata, Japan

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A company dumbed Mercury into a nearby bay, led to contaminating fish and killing people who ate said fish

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Silent spring

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Book by Rachel Carson; about pesticides & DDT bad

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Rachel Carson

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Mother of the Environmental Science movement

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Wilderness Act

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established the National Wilderness Preservation System

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Pollution of lake Eerie

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Badly polluted, therefore bad

BRO THE SLIDES DIDN’T HAVE ANYTHING I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO PUT HERE

Question 24

Population bomb

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Book; about too many people without enough stuff to survive might lead to famine

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Tragedy of the Commons

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If shared resources are misused, everyone suffers. This is inevitable in an unrestricted environment

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Cuyahoga River Fire

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The river was so badly polluted, it caught on fire

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National environmental policy act

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1st comprehensive Environmental Law; no construction if it negatively affect the environment

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First Earth Day (1970)

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April 22nd; arranged by students, universities, etc.

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EPA established

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Nixon established the EPA

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Clean air act (1970)

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Sets limits for air pollution to keep air "healthy"

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Clearn water act (1972)

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Regulated pollution in water

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Endangered species act

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framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats

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FIFRA – Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Control Act

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federal control of pesticide distribution, sale, and use

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Opec oil embargo

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cut oil exports to the U.S. and other nations supporting Israel in the Yom Kippur War; caused a global energy crisis, led to increased interest in alternative energy sources and energy conservation in environmental science.

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Safe drinking water act

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intended to ensure safe drinking water for the public

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Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act

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prohibits surface coal mining within the boundaries of any unit of the National Park System

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Love cANAL (1978)

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Landfill for the HOOKER Chemical Company and made people die

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Three Mile Island

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Located in pennsylvania, worst nuclear disaster of all time

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CERCLA "Superfund Act"

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Clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances

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Bhopal, India

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Worst industrial disaster, gases dropped down by weather and killed thousands of people

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Chernobyl

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At Chernobyl, reactor 4 exploded, became world's worst nuclear explosion ## Footnote I know you're wonder "wait wasn't 'Three Mile Island' the worst???" And I wonder the same thing, Mr. Citron didn't include anything about this in the slides

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Montral Protocol

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Treaty designed to protect the ozone layer. Single most successful international agreement. Banned use of CFCs among others

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Exxon Valdez

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One of the worst sea disasters; oil tanker struck a reef and spilled millions of gallons into ocean

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Energy policy act

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energy effeciency, energy conservation, energy management

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Kyoto protocol

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Treaty to stabilize Green House gases, contributed to stopping global warming

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hurricane Katrina

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one of strongest storms to impact US in past 100 years, 125 mile winds Impacted Gulf Coast – New Orleans, LA, Al

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Fukushima, Japan

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Huge radiation tirgger after a nuclear reactor exploded due to an earthquake that triggered a tsunami

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Hurricane Sandy

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extremely large and destructive Category 3 Atlantic hurricane