Environment
1990-1999
April 22, 1990-Clean Air Act
To the right is the Environmental Protection Agency Logo.
November 5, 1990- Pollution Prevention Act
"It wasn't the Exxon Valdez captain's driving that caused the Alaskan oil spill. It was yours."
March 24, 1989- Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and Clean Up
Impact on Commercial Fishing Industry
The Prince William sound lost about 28% of it potential stock in pink salmon. Many workers were called off because the lack of work. Fish populations declined, crippling the fishing industry in the Prince William sound.
Impact on Wildlife
2,800 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, 900 bald eagles and 250,000 seabirds died after the oil spill. The impact on the ecosystem was horrendous as it occurred after a biological season. The delicate food system was ruined. The spill was horrible for wildlife, as it has yet to fully recover.
Clean-Up
Cleaning up the oil spill was difficult because of the isolate location Prince William Sound. Technology and equipment was hard to deliver to the spill site. This proved a complicated problem for the government to try and solve and restore the delicate habitat and fishing industry.
August 1990- Oil Pollution Act
June 17, 1992- Energy Star Program
To the right is the Energy Star Program logo and now found on many Energy Star Appliances
1992-2005- Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
To the left is a picture of one of their attacks. They committed arson on a Colorado Ski Resort, because the resort gained money from what they believed to be the destruction of nature.