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Clean Coal
This advertisement appeared in the midst of the 1979 Energy Crisis in support of American Electric Power. It claims that coal can be cleaned before it is burned so that less pollution enters the atmosphere. Industry and the environment began to clash…
The Quiet Crisis by Stewart Udall, 1963, New York Times bestseller, Jan-Feb 1964.
Best-selling book by then-Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall. The Quiet Crisis warned about pollution, overuse of natural resources, and dwindling open spaces. Along with Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, The Quiet Crisis is often credited for…
Middlebury Campus, "Looking Outward: Nuclear Test Ban", September 26, 1963.
Student examination of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty enacted on August 5, 1963 between the UK, US, and the Soviet Union. The Middlebury student examines the increasing danger of nuclear weapons.
USDA Offers Conservation Funding to Organic Producers
In the midst of the sustainable agricultural movement that has been sweeping the US, the USDA announced that they would give money to farmers, certified organic or in the process of certification, to help initiate conservation practices on the…
