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Name (given and nick) Major(s)/minor(s) Class standing (Jr, Sr, Super-Sr!) Why taking this class? Group/Presentation skills address Environmental issues – three most important First Assignment – Tell Me About Yourself

I. I.The Environmental Movement in the US A. A.Some Major Players 1. 1.John Muir ( ) Founder of Sierra Club Called for preservation of natural wilderness 2. 2.Gifford Pinchot ( ) First head of US Forest Service under T. Roosevelt Staunch advocate of conservation “Greatest good of the greatest number in the long run” 3. 3.Aldo Leopold ( ) “Land Ethic” Holistic management of wilderness People responsible for maintaining environment and repairing damage

I. I.The Environmental Movement in the US A. A.Some Major Players 4. 4.Rachel Carson “Silent Spring” (1962) Described negative environmental impacts of pesticides Galvanized modern environmental movement 5. 5.Paul Ehrlich “The Population Bomb” (1968) Described potential environmental consequences of rapidly expanding human population 6. 6.Garrett Hardin “Tragedy of the Commons” (1968) “Lifeboat Ethics” (1974)

I. I.The Environmental Movement in the US B. B.Important Environmental Legislation and Events 1970 – National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), EPA & OSHA formed, revised Clean Air Act (CAA), 1 st Earth Day 1972 – Clean Water Act (CWA), Ocean Dumping Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act; DDT banned in U.S – Endangered Species Act (ESA) 1974 – Safe Drinking Water Act 1976 – Toxic Substances Control Act, Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act 1980 – Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, & Liability Act (CERCLA/Superfund) 1987 – Montreal Protocol 1990 – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 1992 – UN Conference on Environment & Development (Earth Summit); Biodiversity Treaty 1997 – Kyoto Protocol 2005 – Kyoto Protocol came into effect