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  2. List of environmental books - Wikipedia

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    Books about or featuring the environment as a prominent theme have proliferated especially since the middle of the twentieth century. The rise of environmental science , which has encouraged interdisciplinary approaches to studying the environment, and the environmental movement , which has increased public and political awareness of humanity's ...

  3. Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936

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    During the second session of the 74th Congress, the U.S. Congressional session amended the Soil Conservation Act of 1935 by passing Pub. L. 74–461 and renaming the legislation the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act with the express purpose of encouraging the use of soil resources in such a manner as to preserve and improve fertility ...

  4. Environmental history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    "Conservation" originated in the late 19th century as a movement built around the conservation of natural resources and an attempt to stave off air, water, and land pollution. By the 1970s environmentalism evolved into a much more sophisticated control regime, one that employed the Environmental Protection Agency to slow environmental degradation.

  5. Librarians Consider These the Best Children's Books of All Time

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    Board books, picture books, novels, chapter books — and even a cookbook and experiment-filled science book — made the list. One more thing: Since kids like to imitate adults, make sure they ...

  6. List of United States federal environmental statutes - Wikipedia

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    The laws listed below meet the following criteria: (1) they were passed by the United States Congress, and (2) pertain to (a) the regulation of the interaction of humans and the natural environment, or (b) the conservation and/or management of natural or historic resources.

  7. Regulation and monitoring of pollution - Wikipedia

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    In the 1840s, the United Kingdom brought onto the statute books legislation to control water pollution and was strengthened in 1876 in the Rivers Pollution Prevention Act [11] and was subsequently extended to all freshwaters in the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act 1951 and applied to coastal waters by the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution ...

  8. Environmental law - Wikipedia

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    The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980; Wildlife protection Act, 1972; The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 and the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. The acts covered under Indian Wild Life Protection Act 1972 do not fall within the jurisdiction of the National Green Tribunal. [103] Appeals can be filed in the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. [104]

  9. Children of the Soil - Wikipedia

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    Children of the Soil: A Story of Scandinavia is a children's novel by Nora Burglon, published by Doubleday, Doran & Co. in 1932 with illustrations by Edgar Parin D'Aulaire. Set in Sweden in the early 1900s, it tells the story of a poor family whose ability and hard work brings them success. [ 1 ]