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By Series - Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series

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. Arab Members of OPEC Institute an Oil Embargo
14. The Argo Merchant Spills Oil Off the New England Coast
15. Armenian Earthquake Leads to Calls for Building Reform
16. Arnold and Gottlieb Publish The Wise Use Agenda
17. The Arroyo Seco Freeway Opens in Los Angeles
18. Atlantic Salmon Return to the Connecticut River
19. Atomic Bombs Destroy Hiroshima and Nagasaki
20. Atomic Energy Act
21. The Atomic Energy Commission Is Established
22. The Audubon Society Opens Its New Headquarters Building
23. Automakers Introduce the Catalytic Converter
24. Avalanches in the Alps Lead to Snow-Management Programs
25. The Bald Eagle Is Removed from the Endangered Species List
26. Berry Publishes The Unsettling of America
27. Bhopal Disaster Kills and Injures Thousands
28. Bookchin Publishes Crisis in Our Cities
29. Bookchin Warns of Synthetic Hazards
30. Borlaug Begins Work on High-Yield Wheat
31. Boulder Dam Is Completed
32. The Braer Runs Aground near the Shetlands
33. Brazilian President Announces Plans to Protect Rain Forests
34. Brower Becomes Executive Director of the Sierra Club
35. Brower Forms Friends of the Earth
36. Brown Orders Medfly Spraying in California
37. Callendar Connects Industry with Carbon Dioxide Increases
38. Canada Bans Commercial Fishing in Lakes St. Clair and Erie
39. Canada Bans the Hunting of Baby Seals
40. Canada Establishes the Experimental Lakes Area
41. Canadian Activists Found Greenpeace
42. The Canadian National Parks Act Is Passed
43. Captive-Bred Condors and Ferrets Are Reintroduced into the Wild
44. China Announces Birth-Rate Reduction Plans
45. China Conducts Atmospheric Nuclear Test
46. China Explodes Its First Nuclear Bomb
47. Chinese Invasion of Tibet Proves an Environmental Disaster
48. The Chipko Movement Protects India’s Forests
49. Chloramphenicol Is Discovered
50. Chlorination of the U.S. Water Supply Begins