God shared his grace on thee and ground thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea dark skies and ruined water. Burning rivers. Oil spills. Closed beaches. Silent spring. 20 years ago the wealthiest nation the world had ever known, people who enjoyed a level of private consumption undreamed of in the past found itself awash in environmental squaller. Cars were comfortable, but children couldnt play outside because of smog. Clothes were clean, but bays were choked with sewage, and lakes were slowly dying. A wave of horror swept the nation as we began to realize what we had done to the Natural Systems that supported all life. The Environmental Movement was born. Governments at all levels responded with programs aimed at controlling pollution. But by 1970, it had become obvious further progress would require a Strong National effort. As a result, on december 2nd, 1970, president Richard Nixon consolidated 15 Environmental Programs from across the federal government to form the Unit
Evacuations. At this time, there is no immediate evacuation. Please stay indoors with your windows closed. Reporter this is not a community that scares easily. Major floods and hurricane agnus have come here, and the town survived. Almost a week last month, the people of middletown, pennsylvania, lived in fear of an enemy they couldnt see, hear, or feel. That from cbs news. Of course, the fear was radiation following the partial meltdown at tmi, the Nuclear Generating station. Considered the most Serious Nuclear power accident in the history of the u. S. For the next 90 minutes, well look back at the events that occurred. Eric epstein is joining us live. He is the chair of the three mile island alert, which is what . Three mile island alert is a safe Energy Organization founded in 1977, two years before the accident at three mile island. Were a Nuclear Watchdog group that monitored a 3mile island, three power plants on the river. You were there 40 years ago, march 28th, 1979. What do y
1708 to have their toes cut off. Explore our nations past on American History tv every weekend on cspan 3. March 28th, 1979, the events just out of harrisburg, pennsylvania. We look back at the three mile island accident, which was the partial meltdown of a reactor, reactor number two at the facility in dopennsylvania. The incident rated a 5 on the 7point International Nuclear event scale. Heres how ed bradley of cbs news covered it. Reporter this is not a community that scares easily. Major floods and hurricane agnus have come here, and the town survived. Almost a week last month, the people of middletown, pennsylvania, lived in fear of an enemy they couldnt see, hear, or feel. That from cbs news. Of course, the fear was radiation following the partial meltdown at tmi, the Nuclear Generating station. Considered the most Serious Nuclear power accident in the history of the u. S. For the next 90 minutes, well look back at the events that occurred. Eric epstein is joining us live. He is
Outside of harrisburg, transylvania, we look at the three mile island accident that was a partial meltdown of a reactor, a reactor number two at the facility in pennsylvania. It occurred 40 years ago and it was rated a 5 on a 7 Point International scale. As the story unfolded, this is how ed bradley of cbs news covered this. Pleasetay indoors r windows closed. Ed please stay indoors with your window closed. But this is not a community that scares easily. Major floods have come here in the town has survived. But for almost one week last month, the people of middletown, pennsylvania, lived in fear of an enemy they could not see or hear. From cbs news and that fear was radiation following the partial meltdown at the Nuclear Generating station considered to be the most precarious accident. We will look back at the events. Eric epstein is joining us and he is the chair of the three mile island alert, which is what . Three mile island alert is a safe Energy Organization that was founded in 1
Legendary figures take us inside the Historic Mission and we meet some of the pioneering nasa women. Go ladies. It is monday, july 15th, 2009. Here is todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Thre of people at risk as barry continues to batter the south. Winds were fierce enough to blow the roof off of this airport hangar. Call somebody the president launching an attack apparently aimed at female minority members of congress he says should go back to where they came from. That is a racist tweet. Hundreds of rallies were held across the country to protest ice raids threatened in ten major cities. We can bring peace without tearing families apart. An investigation under way after a major power outage hit new york city. This was not a cyber attack. This was not an act of physical terrorism. Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is due in federal court for a bail hearing. He pled not guilty to sex trafficking charges. Protesters demanding the resignation of puerto ricos governor after evidence o