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E.Q. Lecture: The Eurasian Milfoil Problem
Professor Sallie Sheldon discusses the problems associated with the introduction of Myriophyllum spicatum, commonly known as Eurasian Milfoil
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This column reports on the fact that Vermont passed a bottle bill that outlaws throwing away soda and beer bottles and a nuclear power bill that requires legislative approval for any new nuclear facilities in the state.
Dohan_HIST 222_Paper #3
Student paper on the student movement at Middlebury College to have vegetarian options in the college's dining halls--mostly in the mid 1970s
Detonation or Dud? The Initial Impact and Questionable Legacy of Paul Ehrlich's The Population Bomb at Middlebury College and Beyond File: Leib_HIST 222_Paper3
A student analysis, written in May 2015, of debates over population growth in the late 1960s and early 1970s
Death in the Abstract
An account of the senseless ecological destruction in Vietnam and how it contributes to a dehumanized abstraction of the horrors of war.
DDT Banned in U.S Almost Totally, Effective Dec. 31
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…
Davis and Environmental Conference: Placards and the Saving Balance
The article describes the 1971 Environmental Conference that was held on campus at which Governor Deane C. Davis gave the opening address. Twenty anti-war protesters came to voice their concerns about the United States' actions in Vietnam. Davis…