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8 moments that shaped the environmental movement

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Tue, Mar 16 2010 at 6:28 AM EST
  • Man and nature
  • Love Canal
  • Iraqi oil spill
  • TSA coal ash spill
  • 'Silent Spring'
  • Exxon Valdez oil spill
  • Bhopal disaster
  • Garbage gyres
  • Chernobyl
Several environmental disasters have grabbed the world's attention and helped shape the environmental movement. 

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kirk Scheffler 03/16/2010 20:40 PM

Sadly it seems we can only react to the health of the environment rather than act. Passivity needs to be replaced with Activity

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