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32 Cards in this Set
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The worst nuclear power plant accident that ever occurred happened in ....
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Chernobyl (in Russia)
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A sociobiologist who advocates that we protect biodiversity by protecting habitats such as forests is...
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Edward O. Wilson
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The African woman who promoted woman empowerment and who was insturmental in planting over 20 million trees in her country is.....
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Wangari Maathai
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A person who alerted the country to occupational hazards and pollution events and campaigned against lead in gasoline was...
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Alice Hamilton
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EPA stands for....
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Environmental Protection Agency
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The person responsible for spearheading the Love Canal whistle blowing is...
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Lois Gibbs
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The first true environmental president; a conservationist; protected forests and Gran Canyon; created wildlife refuges. He is...
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Theodore Roosevelt
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The scientist/author who alerted the public about the dangers of the pesticide, DDT, in her book Silent Spring is....
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Rachel Carson
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The U.S. nuclear power plant accident of a partial core meltdown that started the decline of nuclear power in the US is...
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Three Mile Island
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A law created under this president's term to correct soil erosion problems is the ___ ____ Act and the president was____.
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Soil Conservation
F D Roosevelt |
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A river in Ohio was so polluted that it caught fire. It made us aware of water pollution and led to the development of the ___ ___ Act. The event was the....
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Clean Water Act
Cuyahoga River Fire |
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A president who cut car mpg standards, cut energy conservation research, and promoted opening up public land for prate uses such as timber cutting and mining and cattle ranching is....
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Ronald Reagan
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A preservationist who promoted the creation of wilderness areas and a national parks system; founded the Sierra Club is...
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John Muir
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A president who relaxed teh Clean Air Act and promoted opening the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge to privately-owned oil companies is....
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George W. Bush
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A person who emphasized that the carrying capacity of the earth shold not be exceeded and who wrote a book called the Population Bomb is....
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Paul Ehrlich
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The worst industrial accident in history; pesticide plant that released toxic gases at night; killed thousands in their sleep. This event was....
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Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India
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This president created the Department of Energy to develop ways to help us reduce our oil dependency; Helped start the Superfund; protected lots of land via the Antiquities Act. He is...
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Jimmy Carter
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This law allows a president to protect areas of scientific or historical interest on federal lands as national monuments. It is the _____ Act.
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Antiquities Act
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A law created under President Jimmy Carter to clean up abandoned hazardous waste sites (like the one at Love Canal) is called the _____.
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Superfund
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A president who protected large areas of national forests from logging by prohibiting road building and set aside large parcels of land for protection is....
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Bill Clinton
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This place near Niagara Falls had a housing development and school that were evacuated because of an old toxic waste dump. Lois Gibbs lived there. It is called....
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Love Canal
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This air pollution disaster was the worst ever for our country. Caused by metal smelters, it sickened thousands and killed some. This event was in ______ and it led to the development of the ___ ____ Act
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Donora, PA
Clean Air Act |
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This event caused Americans to finally start conserving energy. The Arab countries cut off our oil supply for befriending Israel. This event is referred to as....
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OPEC and the oil embargo
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An agreement between countries that we will stop emitting CFCs to the environment is called the ___ _____.
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Montreal Protocol
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The scientists who discovered that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were destroying the ___ layer in the stratosphere were Rowland and Molina. This layer protects us against...
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Ozone
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A treaty among nations that states that all who sign it will agree to curb their greenhouse gas emissions is....
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Kyoto Treaty
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A former vice president who was awarded a Nobel Prize for his movie, An Inconvenient Truth, for making us more aware of global warming is....
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Al Gore
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A Mexican who was jailed 2 years for protesting logging in rainforests is....
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Rodolfo Montiel
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Father of wildlife ecology; promoted management and restoration of wildlife populations; he is.....
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Aldo Leopold
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A Nigerian environmental steward executed for being proactive against oil spills and toxic waste in his country is....
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Ken SAro-Wiwa
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An expert energy consultant who helps businesses & industry & our country save energy and thus money is....
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Amory Lovins
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The man responsible for starting the Grameen Bank, which provides microloans to poor people to help rid them of poverty is....
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Muhammed Yunus
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