Environmental Movement

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Across
  1. 1. type of air pollution from factory emissions that creates a hazy brown-grey cloud of smoke
  2. 4. nuclear powerplant that caused Americans to be reluctant to use nuclear power
  3. 6. river that caught national attention after it caught fire
  4. 7. nationwide protest that started on April 22, 1970
  5. 8. limited emissions from factories and automobiles
  6. 9. book by Rachel Carson that led to increased environmental activism
Down
  1. 1. highly contaminated location in the US designated by the EPA for clean up
  2. 2. pesticide that was banned by Congress due to the health problems in humans and animals
  3. 3. agency who's mission was to clean up and protect the environment
  4. 5. site near Niagara Falls that was deemed toxic by the EPA due to the thousands of tons of toxic waste that industries had been dumping in the ground
  5. 10. formed by a group of Beverly Hills housewives in the 1950s to get the city and state officials to do something about the smog