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Section one Introduction to global environmental concepts and principles This page intentionally left blank chapter one Historical context of the environmental movement George Washington is the only president who didn’t blame the previous administration for his troubles. Author unknown Case study The quiet city of Donora, Pennsylvania, was in for one horrific Halloween. On Halloween night, 1948, the “Donora death fog” descended like a phantom upon this sleepy steel-company town. When it cleared 6 days later, 20 people were dead, another 50 were dying, and hundreds would live out their days with permanently damaged lungs.
In response to these events, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Soil Conservation Service and the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Administration to promote a version of what we might today call “sustainable agriculture” through soil conservation and other beneficial land management practices. At this time, the environmental movement had yet to move beyond land management and species conservation to deal with the larger issues of pollution and the environmental impacts of an industrial society.
The United States was the first nation to promulgate a comprehensive national environmental policy. S. Congress established the following purposes: The purposes of this Act are: To declare a national policy, which will encourage productive and enjoyable Introduction xxxix harmony between man and his environment; to promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and biosphere and stimulate the health and welfare of man; to enrich the understanding of the ecological systems and natural resources important to the Nation; and to establish a Council on Environmental Quality.