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Pesticides
National Environmental Action
1920 - US Federal Power Act
1920
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Authorizes Federal Hydroelectric projects leading to Hoover Dam
1921 - Leaded Gasoline Discovered
1921
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Discoverd by Charles Kettering of General Motors
1921 - US Supreme Court Allows NJ to Dump waste in NY Harbor
1921
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New York vs. New Jersey and Passauu Bailey Sewerage Commissioner
1924 - Oil Pollution Act
1924
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1927 - River and Harbor Act
1927
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US Army Corps of Engineers survey and plan navigation for inland waters
1929 - Norbeck-Anderson Act
1929
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100 wildlife sanctuaries designated
1933 - Civilian Conservation Corps formed
1933
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2000 camps opened and 2.5 million served until its shuttering in 1942 for WWII
1933 - First Dust Bowl Storms in Midwest
1933
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1934 - Francis Perkins, US Sec of Labor
1934
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Establishes Occupational Safety and Health Administration
1937 - 1st Organophosphate developed
1937
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German chemists develop first organophosphate. First developed chemical as warfare agent and later repurposed for insecticides
1937 - Term "Greenhouse effect" coined by Glen Thomas Trewartha
1937
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1946 - 1st Commercially available chlorine-based herbicide made to kill broadleaf plants
1946
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1946 - Bureau of Land Management established
1946
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1947 - The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) enacted
1947
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required pesticide registration with USDA but gave them no power to refuse registration or to control use
1952 - Delaney Committee Investigates safety of chemicals in foods
1952
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This was the foundation of 1954 Miller Pesticides Amendment
1958 -Food Additive Amendment of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
1958
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1960 - Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was published
1960
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Foundation of Modern Environmentalist Movement
1969 - National Environmental Act passed
1969
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First law passes to protect environment
1969 - National Environmental Policy Act Enacted
1969
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Required federal agencies to consider environmental matters before taking action on projects
1970 - Clean Air Act passed
1970
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1972 - Clean Water Act passed
1972
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1972 - US EPA cancelled DDT for all crop uses
1972
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1980 - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act Passes
1980
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gives federal government Superfund to clean hazardous sites
1994 - Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations
1994
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Issued by President Clinton
1996 - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act passes
1996
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Regulated pesticide uses and required legal licensing of all pesticides
Dec 12, 2001 - US National Research Council suggests that climate change may arrive very quickly
12/1/2001
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US National Research Council suggests that climate change may arrive very quickly, wreaking sudden and catastrophic damage on people, property, and natural ecosystems. The report was titled, “Abrupt Climate Change: Inevitable Surprises.”
2002 - Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
2002
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Regulated pesticide residue left on food _ gave EPA authority to regulate
2003 - Bush Administration compiles most anti-environmental record of any US president
2003
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Under fire by Bush and Congressional Republicans are the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the toxic waste Superfund, the Right to Know Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act and many more.
Jan 29, 2003 - Bush administration wins a court victory on mountaintop removal mining
2003
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Environmental groups had challenged permits for coal mining operations for mountaintop removal, saying they violated the Clean Water Act. The law allows companies dynamite huge slabs of mountains and then dump the “spoil” — tons of rock and dirt — into valleys and streams. The practice saves money, but environmental and citizens groups stopped it with a lawsuit in May of 2003. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, however, ruled in favor of the companies. About 20 new permit applications were pending in West Virginia and Kentucky just after the Bush victory.
Oct 11, 2003 - Hunting endangered species
2003
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The Bush administration proposes changes to conservation laws that would allow hunters, circuses and the pet industry to kill, capture and import animals from other countries that are on the brink of extinction.
Aug 24, 2007 - US Interior Department’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
2007
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US Interior Department’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement proposes easing environmental requirements for mountaintop removal mining. The proposals outraged many people in Appalachia
Dec. 30, 2007 — US Climate Data Center and others say 2007 was the warmest year on record.
2007
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US Climate Data Center and others say 2007 was the warmest year on record.
Jan 25, 2008 - US Forest Service opens 3.4 million acres (1.4 million hectares) of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to logging despite protests.
2008
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US Forest Service opens 3.4 million acres (1.4 million hectares) of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to logging despite protests.
April 17, 2009 - US EPA rules that emissions of six greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, are a danger to public and should be regulated.
2009
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US EPA rules that emissions of six greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, are a danger to public and should be regulated. This followed an April 2007 Supreme Court ruling that greenhouse gasses should be regulated ( Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency) and a rule-making procedure in the Bush Administration that was little more than foot-dragging.
Sept. 20, 2009 - US EPA announces new Clean Air Act regulations
2009
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US EPA announces new Clean Air Act regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electric power plants
June 2014 - Mountaintop Removal Mining
2014
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A scourge of Appalachia’s environment — is one step closer to ending after a federal district court ruling that the practice is ruining water and aquatic ecosystems.
June 2014 - US EPA announces new Clean Air Act regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electric power plants
2014
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US President Barack Obama proposes new carbon emissions rules for power plants in order to slow the rate of CO2 accumulation in the atmosphere and fight climate change. The new rules are greeted with enthusiasm in some areas, despair in others. The rules are a compromise and not as strong as environmentalists hoped and some industries feared.
Dec. 18 2015 - US Congress renews solar and wind energy tax credits for five years, proving stability to the renewable energy industry.
2015
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Jan. 16, 2015 - Animal loss in world oceans has reached crisis proportions
2015
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Animal loss in world oceans has reached crisis proportions, scientists say.
Nov. 6 2015 - US President Obama stops Keystone XL oil pipeline between Canada and the US
2015
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California Environmental Action
1960 - Founding of United Farm Workers (UFW) by Cesar Chavez
1960
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Activist labor union know also known as National Farm Workers Association to address work conditions for farm workers
1965 - First state to regulate vehicle exhaust
1965
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Became the first to regulate vehicle exhaust by setting limits on hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide emissions
1966 - Bureau of Occupational Health of California released pamphlet
1966
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Bureau of Occupation Health of California, Dept of Public Health released pamphlet titled "Occupational Disease in California attributed to Pesticides and other AG Chemicals"
1969 - California Public Health Dept. released findings from a door-to-door survey
1969
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Released findings from a door-to-door survey of 774 farm workers. 80% suffered from pesticide poisoning
1969 -Two Bills passes - AB 1209 & AB 1210
1969
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Pesticide regulations
1970 - California passes it version of California Environmental Quality Act
1970
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1989 - The Integrated Waste Management Act
1989
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The Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, enacted at a time when the state’s rate of diversion of discards from landfills was a meager 10 percent, established jurisdictional mandates to divert 25 percent and subsequently 50 percent of their waste in order to protect the environment, conserve resources, and cut our reliance on landfills. The law initially measured local results based on diversion, but now does so by disposal reduction, and the vast majority of California jurisdictions have achieved their disposal targets and implemented a broad range of waste reduction and recycling programs.
1994 - Mono Lake Restoration
1994
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In 1994, State Water Board issued Decision 1631, which ended decades of conflict between conservationists and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s diversion of water from four streams that are tributary to Mono Lake. As a result, Mono Lake levels have risen, protecting wildlife and water quality, the fishery in the four streams have improved, and restoration efforts continue.
1994 - The Unified Hazardous Materials Regulatory Program
1994
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The program, created in 1994, effectively consolidated and streamlined the efforts of more than 1,000 regulatory bodies to 121 coordinated state and local agencies. The program has consolidated inspections, standardized enforcement and created an electronic permitting system. This system also allows public access to information on how hazardous materials are handled throughout the state creating a much more transparent government.
1997 - Advancing Reduced‐Risk Pest Management
1997
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The Pest Management Alliance and an associated grants program, established in 1997, has provided more than $10 million in funding for projects that increase implementation and adoption of proven, effective integrated pest management (IPM) practices that reduce pesticide risks to human health and the environment.
July 1, 2001 - Environmental Working Group reports thatsources of drinking water for more than 7 million Californians and millions of others are contaminated with Perchlorate
2001
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Environmental Working Group reports thatsources of drinking water for more than 7 million Californians and millions of others are contaminated with Perchlorate, a chemical that disrupts child development and may cause thyroid cancer.
2004 - CalEPA adopted California’s first environmental justice interagency strategy
2004
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lays out a mission, vision and core values for environmental regulatory state boards, departments and offices. Subsequently, CalEPA adopted California’s first environmental justice action plan for action-oriented EJ priorities to protect vulnerable populations from environmental impacts.
Dec 7, 2004 - Automakers file suit against California
2004
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Automakers file suit against California to stop a greenhouse gas emissions law that requires better fuel economy. Automakers filing the suit are: Ford, GM, Chrysler, BMW, Porsche, Volkswagen, Mazda, Mitsubishi and Toyota.
Sept 2006 - Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger passes AB 23
2006
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Directs industries to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions by 25% over the next 13 years.
May 2010 - Once-through Cooling Policy Enacted:
2010
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In May 2010, the State Water Board adopted its once-through cooling policy for power plants to reduce ocean water intake by 93 percent to protect marine life, recreational and commercial fishing.
2013 - Alternative to Fumigants
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Much of California’s strawberry growers use fumigants – gaseous pesticides injected into the soil prior to planting – to control pests which threaten their crops. However DPR recognizes that some fumigants may pose environmental concerns. DPR convened the Non-fumigant Strawberry Production Work Group in 2012, and the following year, DPR and the California Strawberry Commission launched a three-year, $500,000 research partnership. Over the past fiscal year, more than $1 million has been allocated for future research grants to analyze alternatives to high-risk pesticides, especially fumigants.
2014 - California Drought
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2014 was a daunting year as the State Water Board carefully navigated a third year of drought with a series of important actions intended to balance water needs. During this historic drought, the State Water Board swiftly took three distinct actions. Those actions included: approved a series of Temporary Urgency Change Petitions submitted by both the State and Federal Water Projects to ensure that enough water can be directed to communities served by the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project; began issuing curtailment notices for junior water right holders along the Sacramento, San Joaquin, Scott, Eel and Russian rivers when it became clear there would not be enough water available to serve all water right claims in those watersheds, and, adopted historic emergency water conservation regulations that required water agencies, their customers and state residents to mandatorily increase water conservation in urban settings or face possible fines or other enforcement action.
2014 - Reducing Pesticide Emissions
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California was the first state in the nation to reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from pesticides. In areas with severe air quality problems, DPR put regulations into place that limit fumigant emissions by reducing the amount applied and requiring low-emission application methods.
Salina Valley Environmental Action
1867 - City of Salinas Incorporated
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1933 - Salinas made its first annexation to the original city by adding 52 acres
1933
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September 4, 1936 - Salinas Lettuce Strike
September 4, 1936
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3,200 members of the Fruit and Vegetable Workers Union walked out of the Salinas-Watsonville lettuce sheds
1930 - Salinas population reached 10,263, and would continue to grow given the area’s many advantages
1970
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Fine weather, an expanding agricultural industry, and later the government assisted building programs and projects drew refugees from the harsh reality of the Depression and the conditions of the Dust Bowl in other parts of the county
Summer 1970 - To keep the UFW out of California lettuce and vegetable fields, most Salinas Valley growers sign sweetheart contracts with the Teamsters Union
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Some 10,000 Central Coast farm workers respond by walking out on strike. The UFW uses the boycott to convince some large vegetable companies to abandon their Teamster agreements and sign UFW contracts. Chavez calls for a nationwide boycott of non-union lettuce.
Dec. 10-24, 1970--Chavez is jailed in Salinas, Calif
Dec 10 1970 - Dec 24 1970
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Chavez is jailed in Salinas, Calif. for refusing to obey a court order to stop the boycott against Bud Antle lettuce. Coretta Scott King, widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert Kennedy, visit Chavez in the Salinas jail.
July-August 1975 - To educate farm workers about their newly-won rights, Chavez embarks on a 1,000-mile 59-day trek
July 1 1975 - August 1, 1975
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To educate farm workers about their newly-won rights, Chavez embarks upon his longest, and least known, march, a 1,000-mile 59-day trek from the Mexican border at San Ysidro north along the coast to Salinas and then from Sacramento south down the Central Valley to the UFW's La Paz headquarters at Keene, southeast of Bakersfield. Tens of thousands of farm workers march and attend evening rallies to hear Chavez and organize their ranches.
Oct. 5, 2005 - Chloropicrin drift incident caused
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a chloropicrin drift incident caused hundreds to experience burning eyes, nausea, vomiting, or difficulty in breathing
Frank Bardakes Timeline
1937 - In Detroit, much militancy on factory floor
1937
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1950s - Families Recruited/enlisted in Union for activism by Caesar Chavez
1950 - 1959
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1962 - Union formed (UFW)
1962
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1970-77 - Member of UFW
1970 - 1977
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1970 - UFW won strike in Salinas Valley
1970
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Frank Bardake worked in the fields
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1970/11/13/farm-workers-press-lettuce-boycott-ppicketing/
1971 - Worked at Inner Harvest Company
1971
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Activist Delores (primarily a boycott figure) was lead negotiator in Salinas strike; Picked up hitchhiker
1979 - Left UFW
1979
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1980s - Mentions UFW was defeated
1980 - 1989
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1990s - There was more appeal to help farm workers
1990 - 1999
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1998 - First Intro to someone involved int he work was through Robin Canyon
1998
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Gary Karnes Timeline
1960s - Gary - Referenced Reagan Era
1960 - 1970
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1963 - Train wreck incident in Watsonville
1963
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1970s - Refused induction into draft
1970 - 1979
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*Attempts made to minimize pesticide agriculture
1973 - Strike
1973
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1979 - Strikes
1979
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1980s - Attempts made to minimize pesticide agriculture
1980 - 1989
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*tried to get with field posting ordinance
Francisco Rodrigues Timeline
1984 - Francisco Rodrigues got involved with Chicano(Mecha) Movement
1984 - 1989
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1990s - Without naming, mentions someone (a principle) who was active with the union and with the lethal bromide fight
1990 - 1999
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2007-8 - President of Local Teachers' Union
2007 - 2008
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2016 - When the draft regulation for buffer zones was supposed to be released
09/01/2016 - 09/30/2016
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2017 - When notifications (of fumigation application) takes effect
03/01/2017 - 03/31/2017
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Ceasar Lara's Timeline
1935 - Mentions Major UFW strike that took place in Salinas
1935
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2002-2004 - Worked in community organizing w/ UFW
2002 - 2004
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Worked as a congressional aid; worked with Lupe(community organization) for 2 years
2014 - TPR said pesticide stuff is a work problem
2014
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2015-2016 - Worked with counsel on pesticide watch
2015 - 2016
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Got resolution passed by supervisors
http://www.pesticidewatch.org
Mary Flordin Timeline
Mid 1970s - Cynthia & Andy undergrad at USCS
1973 - 1977
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1980s - Involved at Amesti Elementary
1980 - 1989
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1980s - publishing of "The Barring of Bromide"
1980 - 1989
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1980s - Returned to USCS
1980 - 1989
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1990s - Involvement at Amesti Elementary led to inspiration for Mary Flordin's book
1990 - 1995
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2010-12 -Time past since myth iodide incident
2010 - 2012
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2010 - Resurgence of Anti pesticide movement
2010
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2015 - Taught at Pajaro Valley
2015
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Mark Weller Timeline
1960s - Mark Weller - start of the United Farm Workers movement
1960 - 1969
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Late 1970s - Corporatization of pesticide companies
1975 - 1979
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1991 - Founding of DPR
1991
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http://www.cdpr.ca.gov
2014 - Hired by California Pesticide Reform
04/01/2014
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*Supreme Court denied localities pesticide regulation power
2014 - Report on Pesticide application near public schools completed by DPR
04/01/2014
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2015 - DPR announced they would draft something
02/01/2015
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2015 - DPR public hearing in Salinas
06/01/2015
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2015 - Monteray AIG Commissioner Came to Coalition Meeting
09/01/2015
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2015 - Eric, AIG Commissioner wouldn't take action against fumigants
11/01/2015
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Juan Martinez Timeline
1960 - Juan Martinez Start of conversations over toxicity of burnt materials
1960
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1965 - First involvement with a strike
1965
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1968 - "Set off the boat" for Kennedy
1968
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1969 - Joined Anti-Vietnam March
1969
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1970s/80s - Referenced state senator bill
1970 - 1983
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1970s - Start of field posting ordinance
1970 - 1980
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1978 - Activation of Monetary County Pesticide Coalition
1978
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1980s - Conference at Hartnell College
1979 - 1980
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1979 - Met Chavez with Hector
7/29/79
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1980 - Educated community about defolding herbicide
1980
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Late 1980s/90s - Environmental Justice organizing over waste. landfills and incinerators
1980 - 1990
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Late 1990s - Tracy Attended UC Berkeley
1995 - 1999
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Sara Ringler Timeline
1980s - Sara Ringler - When Perkins's timeline starts
1980 - 1989
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When Tracy's timeline starts for documenting the political evolution of California's environmental justice movement
1990s - Maryland Garrett School Regulations
1990 - 1999
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*Maryland Garrett got school district to come up with regulations
*Sarah wrote letters to there editor at Sentinel
*Majority of students at schools Sarah taught were Latinos
1992 - EPA Civil Right Complaint lawsuit settled
1992
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2008-10 - Time period of Methyl Bromide
2008 - 2010
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2011 - Sarah Letters to Editors
2011
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*How far back Sarah's letters to the editors go
2013 - Sarah moved to Lakeview and taught there
2013
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2015 - Mcquitty; Teachers become ill from fumigants
2015
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Mcquitty; teachers become ill from fumigants
*also-the time period in which Sarah retired from teaching at Lakeview middle school
2016 - Year of Application of Methyl phased out
2016
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*Year when the application of methyl bromide was supposed to be phased out
Tracey Brieger
Late 1980's - "Big Green ballot initiative"
1985 - 1995
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Ballot measured dubbed "Big Green" ballot initiative to ban worst pesticides in the state.
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Local ordinance passed to ban aerial spraying of pesticides in Mendocino.
Local ordinance to ban aerial spraying of pesticide in Mendocino
http://www.lbamspray.com/00_Legal/PreemptionResoSC-2-1.pdf
Ballot measure dubbed “Big Green”
http://articles.latimes.com/1990-11-08/news/mn-5394_1_big-green
1996 - CPR Founded
1996
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1998- CPR became a campaign-based coalition
1998
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CPR became a campaign-based coalition focused on pesticide use in schools
2000 - Healthy School Acts of 2000
2000
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Healthy School Acts of 2000
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/62647681/
2001-02 - Tracey Brieger joined CPR
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This happened right after the Earlimart posioning incident. CRLAF attempted to pass a bill "to ban worst pesticides in public schools.
Earlimart poisoning
http://www.invisible5.org/index.php?page=earlimart
2003-04 - Poisoning incident in Arvin and Lamont
2003 - 2004
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Teresa was hired by the coalition.
Poisoning incidents in Arvin and Lamont
http://www.panna.org/legacy/panups/panup_20040116.dv.html
2011 - Environment California left Steering Committee
2011
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Coalition got involved in GMO labeling initiative - Prop 37
2012
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Prop 37 GMO Labeling:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/prop-37-defeated-californ_n_2088402.html
Dec. 5 2013 - Funder Tour
12/5/2013
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