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The 60's era was rightly known for it's activist movements, from civil rights to the peace movement, to 'counter culture' and social justice, and the beginnings of what would become a global environmental movement. Many of the threads for the green era began with the 'teach ins' and the first Earth Day in 1970. http://www.earthday.org/earth-day-history-movement

The legacy and unprecedented flurry of public policy demands for legislation set in place a foundation for the United States and beyond. The number of environmental protection bills began a process that continues to this day...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_policy_of_the_United_States

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Solid waste disposal act http://waste.supportportal.com/link/portal/23002/23023/Article/23068/What-is-the-Solid-Waste-Disposal-Act-of-1965

Water quality act http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-3456400109/water-quality-act-1965.html

Air quality act http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3197&context=lcp

National environmental policy act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Environmental_Policy_Act

Occupational safety and health act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_Safety_and_Health_Act

Consumer product safety act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Product_Safety_Act

Federal insecticide, fundicide and rodenticide act http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/lfra.html

Clean water act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Water_Act

Noise control act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise_Control_Act

Endangered species act http://www.fws.gov/endangered/laws-policies/

Safe drinking water act http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/guidance/sdwa/basicinformation.cfm