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"Second Lady of Conservation" Dellorice Olson, treasurer of the Izaak Walton League of America (a powerful conservation organization with over 51,000 members) chooses to continue the League's anti-pollution drive by focusing on the Charles River.…

An article on families near Love Canal toxic waste site.

An August 1978 article in the New York Times reporting on threats of toxic contamination in Love Canal, NY

NASA scientist James Hansen's 1988 testimony to Congress carried grave warnings about the state of the planet in the future. Hansen cited numerous climate statistics and projections in his defense. Perhaps the most urgent indication of global warming…

After three years of debate, William Ruckelhaus, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, banned the use of DDT on June 14, 1972, with the ruling to go in to effect on December 31, 1972. Ruckelhaus said that DDT had sever health risks to both…

April 4, 1989 articles reporting on the effects and cleanup and rescue efforts following the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

Kenny Alboum talks about ecology and toxic wastes.

A New York Times editorial on the Love Canal Crisis.

Two years after the Oil Embargo of 1973, there are still fears that another oil crisis could occur due to the United States' dependence on oil imports and not enough domestic sources of energy.

British scientists and philosophers wrote this article to explain how the current industrial way of life is not sustainable. Humans are using too many resources and polluting too much, but soon there will not be enough resources or space to support…