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Global Climate Coalition, 86–87 media coverage, 17, 19, 22–23, 39, 43, 54, 58,
GOO!, 11–12 86–87
Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, 74 minority communities, 85
greenhouse effect. See climate change disproportionate pollution effects, 27,
greenwashing, 68 40–42, 50, 61, 66, 89, 93, 99
Earth Day participation, 28, 40–41, 43
Hartley, Fred, 11 Montreal Protocol, 81–82
Hayes, Denis, 26, 29, 36, 103
high school participation, 25–26, 30, 37–38, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
43, 56–57, 69 creation, 26, 54–55
hunting, 46, 101 legacy, 58
discrimination, 50, 84–85 Nelson, Gaylord, 18–23, 25–26, 28–32, 39,
regulation, 84–85 53–54, 60, 72, 102, 104–105
New York City, 16, 65
industrial waste, 8, 33, 34, 43, 47–49, 54–56, events, 30, 34–36, 70
66, 84, 95, 99 OneNYC plan, 62
infographics pollution levels, 24, 40, 62, 66
Disaster at Platform A, 6
Environmental Concerns Prior to the First Obama, Barack, 42, 89–90, 92, 97–98
Earth Day, 33 offshore drilling, 12, 15, 94
Santa Barbara oil spill, 13 oil extraction, 31, 56, 89, 91, 97
successes achieved by the modern oil spills, 4–9, 12–15, 19
environmental movement after the first effects on wildlife, 9, 11, 14
Earth Day, 95 financial costs of, 57
map, 13
Keystone XL pipeline, 89, 92
Paris Climate Agreement, 90, 92
landfills, 10, 16, 63, 65, 66, 99 United States withdrawing from, 94
laws passed after Earth Day US Climate Alliance, 97–98
Clean Air Act, 53, 55, 62, 73 partisan politics, 53, 66, 72, 80–81, 87, 90,
Clean Water Act, 55, 89 96
Endangered Species Act, 55, 75, 94 pesticides, 17–18, 23, 33, 55, 71, 95
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and pesticides poisoning farmworkers, 27, 33, 93
Rodenticide Act, 55 pipelines, 14, 42, 50–51, 56–57, 89–90, 92
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, political engagement, 36, 53, 59, 103–105
55 polluted rivers, 33, 47
See also Federal Land Policy and Androscoggin River, 34
Management Act (FLPMA) Cuyahoga River, 8, 28, 48, 74
laws passed before Earth Day Kalamazoo River, 57
Air Pollution Control Act, 49 pop culture environmentalism, 67, 70, 73
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 49 protests, 12, 15, 18, 20–21, 30, 36–39, 41–43,
Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 49 50, 61–62, 65–66, 76, 80, 96, 99, 104
Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act,
48–49 racism in conservation groups, 85, 99
Solid Waste Disposal Act, 49, 55 racism in pollution, 27, 40–42, 50, 61, 66,
Wilderness Act, 75, 77 89, 93, 99
See also National Environmental Policy Act Reagan, Ronald, 88, 92
lead, 28, 32–33, 41, 62, 80, 85, 89, 94–95 climate change, 80–82
littering, 38, 46, 63–64, 102 decreasing regulation, 79–81
lobbyists, 53, 59, 62, 73, 86–87 Environmental Protection Agency and, 80

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