Factoid/2014/07/08
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The 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill Led to Important Environmental Legislation
- "In the years that followed, the lasting impression of the spill on the public, government officials, and the private sector led to coordinated action unheard of in today’s starkly partisan Congress. Nixon signed the National Environmental Policy Act in 1969, which led the way to the July 1970 establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Clean Water Act passed in 1972 and the Endangered Species Act in 1973." - excerpt from article in Climate Progress.
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