Environmental Progress Since First Earth Day
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| Audience/Grade: | High School Junior - Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Environmental Engineering General Engineering, Engineering Science |
| Learning Resource Type: | Reference - Index/Link |
| Media Type: | WWW |
| Author(s): | EPA, Environmental Protection Agency |
| Description: | EPA was born in 1970 - a time when rivers caught fire and cities were hidden under dense clouds of smoke. We've made remarkable progress since then in protecting human health and safeguarding the natural environment. To learn about environmental progress since EPA's creation by decade. |
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| Keywords: | Earth Day, Environment |
| References |
Earth Day '70: What It Meant Earth Day Recollections: What It Was Like When The Movement Took Off |
| Referenced By |
Earth Day Network |
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| Use of Resource: | Good reference. "EPA opened its doors in Washington, D.C., in December 1970 to consolidate in one agency a variety of federal research, monitoring, standard-setting and enforcement activities to ensure environmental protection. From regulating auto emissions to banning the use of DDT; from cleaning up toxic waste to protecting the ozone layer; from increasing recycling to revitalizing inner-city brownfields, EPA's achievements over the past 30+ years have resulted in cleaner air, purer water, and better protected land." |
| Difficulty: | Easy |
| Interactivity Level: | Low |
| Version Info | |
| Publication Date: | 2009 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.epa.gov/earthday/history.htm |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
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