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34 Cards in this Set
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Chernobyl, Ukraine
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April 26, 1986 - unauthorized safety test leads to fire and explosion at nuclear power plant -- millions exposed to unsafe levels of radiation
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Three-Mile Island, Pensilvania
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March 29, 1979 nuclear power plant loses cooling water 50% of core melts, radioactive materials escape into atmosphere, near meltdown (disaster)
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Yucca Mountain, Nevada
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popsed site for permanent storage of high-level nuclear waste 70-miles northwest of Las Vegas, near volcano and earthquake faults
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Aral Sea
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large inland sea is drying because of water diversion
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Love Canal, NY
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chemicals buried in old canal, school and homes built over it led to birth defects and cancers
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Aswan High Dam, Egypt
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silt that made the nile fertile fills the reservoir. Lack of irrigation controls causes waterlogged and salinization. A parasitic disease thrives in the water.
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Three gorges dam, China
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world's largest dam on yangtze river will drown ecosystems, cities, archeological sites, fragment habitats and displace 2 million people
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Ogallala Aquifer
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world's largest aquifer; under parts of the Midwest. Holds enough water to cover USA with 1.5 feet of water. Being depleted for agricultural and urban use
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Minimata
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mental impairments, birth defects, and deaths were caused by mercury dumped in minamata bay factory. Mercury entered humans through bioaccumulation (fish to humans).
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Bhopal, India
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December 2, 1984, methyl isocyanate released accidentally by Union Carbide...kills over 5000.
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Valdez, Alaska
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March 24, 1989, tanker Exxon Valdez hits prince william sound - worst oil spill in US waters
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Safe Drinking Water Act
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set maximum contaminant levels for pollutants that may have adverse effects on human health
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ocean dumping ban act
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bans ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste
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National Wild and scenic rivers act
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protects rivers with due to aesthetic, recreational, wildlife, historical or cultural reasons.
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Clean Water Act
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set maximum permissible amounts of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterways. Aim: to make surface water swimmable and fishable.
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Surface mining control & reclamation Act
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requires coal strip mines to reclaim the land
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national environmental policy act (NEPA)
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environmental impact statements MUST be done before any project affecting federal lands can be started.
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Clean Air Act
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Set emission standards for cars, and limits for release of air pollutions
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Kyoto Protocol
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Controlling global warming by settling greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries
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Montreal Protocol
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phase out of ozone depleting substances
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Resource Conservation & Recovery At (RCRA)
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controls hazardous waste with a cradle to grave system.
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Comprehensive Environmental response, compensations & liability ACT (CERCLA)
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the "superfund" act, designed to identify and clean up abandoned hazardous waste dumpsites.
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Lacey Act
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prohibits interstate transport of wild animals, dead or alive, without federal permit.
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US Marine Mammal Protection Act
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prohibits taking marine mammals in US water and by US citizens, and the importing marine mammals and marine mammal products to the US
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Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
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regulates the effectiveness of pesticides
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Food Quality Protection Act
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ll states must have facilities to handle low-level radioactive wastes
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Low-Level Radioactive Policy Act
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all states must have facilities to handle low-level radioactive wastes
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Nuclear Waste Policy ACT
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US government must develop a high level nuclear waste site by 2015 *yucca mountain
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Rachel Carson
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Silent spring, DDT
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John Muir
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Founded sierra club. Opposed to damming of Hetch Hetcy Valley
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Gifford Pinchot
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Liked forest sustainability.
First manager of US forest service |
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Garret hardin
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Tragedy of Commons.
People will exploit shared resources. |
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Aldo Leopald
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A Sand County Almanac
Humans are responsible for environment |
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Sherwood Rowland & Mario Molina
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determine that CFCs destroy stratospheric (good) ozone
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