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1. Accident Spills Pesticide into the Sacramento River
2. Activists Oppose Deployment of the MX Missile
3. Adams Lobbies Congress to Preserve Kings Canyon
4. Aerosol Containers Are Introduced
5. African Lake Emits Toxic Gas
6. The Alaska Highway Is Completed
7. The Alaska Lands Act Is Passed
8. Alaskan Oil Discovery Sparks Controversy
9. The Alternative Motor Fuels Act Is Passed
10. American Scientists Campaign Against Nuclear Testing
11. The Amoco Cadiz Runs Aground
12. Animal Welfare Act Regulates Use of Animals in Research
13. Antarctic Survey Team Confirms Ozone Depletion
14. Arab Members of OPEC Institute an Oil Embargo
15. The Argo Merchant Spills Oil Off the New England Coast
16. Armenian Earthquake Leads to Calls for Building Reform
17. Arnold and Gottlieb Publish The Wise Use Agenda
18. The Arroyo Seco Freeway Opens in Los Angeles
19. Artificial Fluoridation of Municipal Water Supplies to Prevent Dental Decay Is Introduced
20. Arvol Looking Horse
21. Atlantic Salmon Return to the Connecticut River
22. Atomic Bombs Destroy Hiroshima and Nagasaki
23. Atomic Energy Act
24. The Atomic Energy Commission Is Established
25. The Audubon Society Opens Its New Headquarters Building
26. Automakers Introduce the Catalytic Converter
27. Avalanches in the Alps Lead to Snow-Management Programs
28. The Bald Eagle Is Removed from the Endangered Species List
29. The Banning of DDT Signals New Environmental Awareness
30. Berry Publishes The Unsettling of America
31. Bhopal Disaster Kills and Injures Thousands
32. Bison slaughter
33. Bookchin Publishes Crisis in Our Cities
34. Bookchin Warns of Synthetic Hazards
35. Borlaug Begins Work on High-Yield Wheat
36. Boulder Dam Is Completed
37. The Braer Runs Aground near the Shetlands
38. Brazilian President Announces Plans to Protect Rain Forests
39. The British Antarctic Survey Confirms the First Known Hole in the Ozone Layer
40. Brower Becomes Executive Director of the Sierra Club
41. Brower Forms Friends of the Earth
42. Brown Orders Medfly Spraying in California
43. Bush Signs the Clean Air Act of 1990
44. Callendar Connects Industry with Carbon Dioxide Increases
45. Canada Bans Commercial Fishing in Lakes St. Clair and Erie
46. Canada Bans the Hunting of Baby Seals
47. Canada Establishes the Experimental Lakes Area
48. Canadian Activists Found Greenpeace
49. The Canadian National Parks Act Is Passed
50. Captive-Bred Condors and Ferrets Are Reintroduced into the Wild