Rachel Carson: Power of the Pen
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The Environmental Defense Fund

" Silent Spring caused a stir, and many credit it with launching the modern environmental movement. Indeed, one of the world’s leading environmental non-profits, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), [was] initially formed in 1967 in reaction to the DDT problem."
Scientific American, August 21, 2012


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EDF Logo, EDF website

" [The EDF was born with a mandate] to build a body of case law to establish a citizen's right to a clean environment"

- Courage for the Earth pg 139


EDF Actions

"The group’s first order of business included filing lawsuits in New York, Michigan, Wisconsin and Washington DC to force a ban on DDT."
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How Important Was Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in the Recovery of Bald Eagles and Other Bird Species?, Scientific American, Aug 31, 2012
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New York Times, May 19, 1979
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New York Times, May 6, 1970
"2012-2014: Clean Power Plan — Working with EDF, the Obama administration proposes the first nationwide limits on carbon pollution from both new and existing power plants."
- The Environmental Defense Fund

Popular Culture
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