Sentences with phrase «passage of the clean water»

[50] In 1996, Pataki oversaw the creation and passage of the Clean Water / Clean Air Environmental Bond Act.

But eventually the public had enough, and when the river was set ablaze in 1969, it turned a nation livid and led to passage of the Clean Water Act.

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Since its passage in a referendum in 1971, the article has guaranteed a «right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and aesthetic values of the environment.»

One thing that I think could be woven in is «practical art» — like pottery dishes with coordinating decorative pieces and that are very decorative by themselves; Specific «rite of passage» art and the meaning behind it, as Melissa's ketubah art; and I the American quilt is an art form, as is weavings and wood carving and fabric constructions across many cultures... perhaps the «niche» TAA would best fit is a person whose basic needs have been accomplished (like clean water, food, shelter) and they are ready to move into becoming self - sufficient through their artistic trade.

The passage of the landmark Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act and many other groundbreaking environmental laws soon followed.

Those who insist on the potential for a large - scale, populist movement to bring about significant change often point to the first Earth Day, when 20 million people took the streets and brought about the passage of the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, not to mention the formation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.