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Castle Bravo
Facts 1.the first United States test of a dry fuel hydrogen bomb 2.Castle Bravo was the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the United States -
Silent Spring
Facts: 1.Rachel's reasons for writing Silent Spring was to warn the public of the dangers associated with pesticide use. 2.Rachel Carson worked for the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries -
11.The Palomares Incident
Facts 1.The aircraft and hydrogen bombs fell to earth near the fishing village of Palomares 2.when a B-52G bomber of the United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command collided with a KC-135 tanker -
Door to Hell
Facts 1.The Door to Hell is a natural gas field 2.The gas reserve found here is one of the largest in the world. -
Eccocide in Vietnam
Facts 1.extensive damage or destruction of the natural landscape and disruption or loss of ecosystem 2.The dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 obviated any the use of Agent Orange during World War II -
Amoco Cadiz
Facts 1.was a very large crude carrier under the Liberian flag of convenience owned by Amoco. 2.contained 1,604,500 barrels of light crude oil -
The Three Mile Island Nuclear Explosion
Facts 1.was a partial nuclear meltdown 2.The accident began with failures in the non-nuclear secondary system, -
The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Facts 1.the ship was carrying approximately 55 million US gallons of oil, 2.In 2009, Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood offered a "heartfelt apology" to the people of Alaska -
The Kuwait Oil Fires
Facts 1.Kuwait had set production quotas to almost 1.9 million barrels per day 2.the Iraqi regime decided to destroy as much of Kuwait's oil reserves -
The Palomares Incident
Facts 1.Those killed in the tanker were boom operator Master Sergeant Lloyd Potolicchio, pilot Major Emil J. Chapla, copilot Captain Paul R. Lane, and navigator Captain Leo E. Simmons. 2.The aircraft and hydrogen bombs fell to earth near the fishing village of Palomares -
Libby, Montana Asbestos Contamination
Facts 1.facing a critical environmental and public health crisis caused by the slow motion technological disaster of asbestos 2.there had been hundreds of illnesses and deaths in the Libby community over the past 70 years resulting from occupational and non-occupational environmental exposures -
Jilin Chemical Plant Explosions
Facts 1.The blasts created an 80 km long toxic slick in the Songhua River, 2.The explosion severely polluted the Songhua River, with an estimated 100 tons of pollutants containing benzene and nitrobenzene entering into the river -
TVA Kingston Fossil Plant Coal Fly Ash Slurry Spill
Facts 1.estimated to cost between $675 and $975 million to clean(TVA) 2.The spiil killed lots of fish -
Sidoarjo Mud Flow
Facts- the biggest mud volcano in the world
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Pacific Gyre Garbage Patch
Facts 1.The patch extends over an indeterminate area- It is made up of Marine Debris
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Deep water horizon BP oil spill
Facts 1.The US Government estimated the total discharge at 4.9 million barrels 2.In November 2012, BP and the United States Department of Justice settled federal criminal charges with BP pleading guilty to 11 counts of manslaughter, two misdemeanors, and a felony count of lying to Congress. -
Fukushima Daiichi
Facts 1.On March 11, 2011, an earthquake led to major problems at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. 2.Eleven reactors at four nuclear power plants in the region were operating at the time and all shut down automatically when the quake hit.
