US Environmental Policy

Book published in 1962 by Rachel Carson that awakened the public to the negative effects of industrial chemicals such as DDT.

• Clean Water Act

• Silent Spring

• National Park Service

• Homestead Act

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Law published in 1872 allowing US citizens to own 160 acres of public land after living and working on the land for five years.

• Clean Water Act

• Silent Spring

• National Park Service

• Homestead Act

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This Act, published in 1969, declared the federal (along with state and local) governments would act to maintain conditions where man and nature could exist in productive harmony

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

• General Mining Law

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This requires government agencies and businesses to evaluate the impact of a project, such as a new dam or highway, on the environment before beginning the project

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

• General Mining Law

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Part of the federal government responsible for conducting and evaluating research, monitoring environmental quality and setting and enforcing standards for pollution levels.

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

• General Mining Law

Early on (1780's to late 1800's) the major environment focus during the first period was to

• put a man on the moon

• management of public land thru westward expansion

• reduce environmental issues that arose from westward expansion and preserve national resources

• pollution issues due to over population and over consumption of natural resources

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The major environment focus during the second period (late 1800's to mid 1900's) was to

• put a man on the moon

• management of public land thru westward expansion

• reduce environmental issues that arose from westward expansion and preserve national resources

• pollution issues due to over population and over consumption of natural resources

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The major environment focus during the third period (mid to late 1900's) was to

• put a man on the moon

• management of public land thru westward expansion

• reduce environmental issues that arose from westward expansion and preserve national resources

• pollution issues due to over population and over consumption of natural resources

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An International Environmental Policy aimed at reducing emissions of the six greenhouse gases to reduce climate change.

• Montreal Protocol of 1987

• Kyoto Protocol of 1997

• CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species 1975

• The Antarctic Treaty System of 1959

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An International Environmental Policy aimed at reducing the amount of chemicals called chloroflorocarbons (CFCs) that were damaging the ozone layer was the ____

• Montreal Protocol of 1987

• Kyoto Protocol of 1997

• CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species 1975

• The Antarctic Treaty System of 1959

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