Environmental Problems

1
Environmental Problems

• Smog
• Industrial Pollution
• Acid Rain
• Nuclear Radiation

Cuyahoga River Fire
2
Silent Spring

• Rachel Carson Silent Spring (1962)
• Paul Ehrlichs Population Bomb

3
Earth Day

• First Earth Day 1970
• Gaylord Nelson
• Wisconsin Governor and Senator
• 1st teach in on the environment
• April 22

4
Grass Roots Movement Explodes

• Nixons Environmental Message to Congress
• Supported political regulation of the environment

5
Environmental Decade Legislation

• Environmental Protection Agency EPA regulates
  the environment 1970
• The Clean Air Act 1972
• The Clean Water Act 1972
• Carters push for energy conservation
  efficiency

6
Chemical Waste

• Love Canal crisis
• Superfund 1980

7
Three Mile Island

• Nuclear Power Plant in PA near meltdown 1979
• Protests against nuclear power