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Resources

Carson, Rachel. 2002. Silent Spring. NYC, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company

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Cochran, Tom. (2009). Earth Day 1970: Defining Moments. Retrieved from http://usmayors.org/usmayornewspaper/documents/04_27_09/pg6_earth_day_1970.asp

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Encyclopedia Britannica eds. (2016). United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/event/United-Nations-Conference-on-Environment-and-Development

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Harrison, John. (2016). March 24-25, 1965 : University of Michigan Holds First Teach-In Against the Vietnam War. Retrieved from https://blogs.lib.msu.edu/red-tape/2016/mar/march-24-25-1965-university-michigan-holds-first-teach-against-vietnam-war/

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Manski, Ben. (2015). The Teach-Ins Tradition: 50 Years: The roots of the next major teach-in wave. Retrieved from http://teachins.thenextsystem.org/tradition

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McConnell, John. (nd). Earth Day. Earth Trustees, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.earthsite.org/john.htm

 

Nelson, Gaylord. (nd). How the First Earth Day Came About. Retrieved from http://earthday.envirolink.org/history.html

 

Powell, Phuong. (2016). History of Earth Day. YouTube.com Retrieved from https://youtu.be/SrjoDgndmoo

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Rome, Adam. (2014). The Genius of Earth Day: How a 1970 Teach-In Unexpectedly Made the First Green Generation. NYC, NY: Hill and Wang

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United States Department of Commerce (2014). 45 Years after the Santa Barbara Oil Spill, Looking at a Historic Disaster Through Technology. Retrieved from http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/about/media/45-years-after-santa-barbara-oil-spill-looking-historic-disaster-through-technology.html

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Unknown. (2014). Bullitt Foundation. Retrieved from http://www.bullitt.org/about/board/

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Unknown. (2016). Earth Day. Retrieved from http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/earth-day

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Unknown. (2016). Earth Day Network. Retrieved from http://www.earthday.org/​

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Unknown. (2016). Pete McCloskey. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/pete-mccloskey
 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2016) EPA History. Retrieved from https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-history

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2016). Summary of the Clean Air Act. Retrieved from https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-air-act

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2016). Summary of the Clean Water Act. Retrieved from https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-water-act

 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2016). Summary of the Endangered Species Act. Retrieved from https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-endangered-species-act

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Wisconsin Historical Society. (nd). Earth Day Founder Gaylord Nelson to Recieve Medal of Honor. http://nelsonearthday.net/docs/nelson_231-4_medal_of_freedom_press_release.pdf​​​​​​​

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