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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH3iwfMkeT0 by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency YouTube] | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH3iwfMkeT0 by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency YouTube] | ||
In the first 100 days, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made major strides to safeguard human health and the environment, ensuring clean air, land, and water for every American. Hear from Administrator Zeldin on some of EPA’s environmental accomplishments in the first 100 days. | In the first 100 days, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made major strides to safeguard human health and the environment, ensuring clean air, land, and water for every American. Hear from Administrator Zeldin on some of EPA’s environmental accomplishments in the first 100 days. | ||
=====William Ruckelshaus first EPA Administrator 2008 video of US Environmental Protection Agency===== | |||
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3oEWPX5gWY by markdcatlin YouTube] | |||
William D. Ruckelshaus served as the first Administrator of the newly created US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by then President Richard Nixon from Dec. 4, 1970 -- April 30, 1973. By 1970, many Americans had been convinced of the need for federal environmental protection, thanks to a fire on the polluted Cuyahoga River, a big oil spill along the Santa Barbara coastline, and Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring. President Nixon tapped Ruckelshaus, an assistant attorney general and air-quality advocate from Indiana, to construct the first EPA by piecing together programs from the Interior Department and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. | |||
=====Paul Pepper: Ken Midkiff, "The Surprising History of Sierra Club Founder John Muir"===== | |||
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRL-fB4bKlM by Radio Friends with Paul Pepper 2020 YouTube] | |||
There's a movement happening this year in which monuments to controversial figures are being removed or suppressed at the request of those it offends. Local columnist/activist/environmentalist KEN MIDKIFF tells us about another one that you may not know about: Sierra Club founder John Muir, who was a "absolute racist." September 4, 2020 | |||
=====Aaron Mair, Sierra Club: Connecting civil rights, place, race, and justice===== | |||
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC6UwlhyI0c by | |||
Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library 2021 YouTube] | |||
Aaron Mair is a leader in the environmental justice movement and was elected as the 57th president and first African-American president of the Sierra Club from 2015-2017. Mair was born on November 27, 1960, and grew up in Peekskill, New York. In 1984, Mair earned a Bachelor of Arts in History and Sociology from the State University of New York at Binghamton University, which included studying at The American University in Cairo, Egypt. | |||
=====When the Sierra Club Saved the Grand Canyon | A Fierce Green Fire | American Masters===== | |||
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKFPsnaPjPE by American Masters PBS 2014 YouTube] | |||
In the late 1960s, the Sierra Club's fight to save the Grand Canyon from dams was met by retaliation by the IRS. Between the Sierra Club's advertising campaign and the involvement of the IRS, public opinion was galvanized to protect the Grand Canyon. This video is an excerpt from American Masters: A Fierce Green Fire, premiering on PBS on Earth Day, April 22, 2014 at 9 pm. Learn more at www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters. | |||
=====John Muir, the "Father of the National Park System"===== | |||
[https://www.thoughtco.com/john-muir-inspired-the-conservation-movement-1773625 by Robert McNamara 7/3/19 ThoughtCo.] | |||
John Muir is a significant figure of the 19th century as he stood opposed to the exploitation of natural resources at a time when many believed the resources of the earth were infinite. | |||
