General Knowledge / Earth Day

When was the first Earth Day?

Answer : 1970

What American river caught fire in 1969, prompting multiple pollution control measures?

Answer : The Cuyahoga River

What book helped launch the modern environmental movement, and led to the widespread ban of DDT?

Answer : Silent Spring

What 1997 global agreement to reduce greenhouse gases was signed by virtually every country in the world except for the United States?

Answer : Kyoto Protocol

The worst American nuclear disaster in history resulted from a partial reactor meltdown in 1979 at which power plant?

Answer : Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station

In which state did the disastrous Exxon Valdez oil spill occur?

Answer : Alaska

What United States federal program was introduced in 1980 to clean up abandoned toxic and hazardous waste sites.

Answer : Superfund Program

What does 350, the 'Magic Number' of climate change, refer to?

Answer : 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere

Which automobile pollution control technology became universally adopted following the Clean Air Act Extension of 1970?

Answer : Catalytic converters

What year did the United States EPA declared greenhouse gasses a threat to public health?

Answer : 2009