At the time, pesticides like DDT were seen as offering a glimpse of a better future, one where humans could control nature. DDT in particular promised to combat insects that carried diseases or ...

YORK, Maine — The York Art Association welcomes spring with its opening exhibit, “Silent Spring,” a show inspired by the season and honoring the legacy of environmentalist and author Rachel Carson.

—Rachel Carson, Silent Spring (p. 297) The publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring in 1962 is widely regarded as one of the major events that launched the modern environmental movement. Silent ...

No one could blame Rachel Carson for feeling beleaguered. In the fall of 1962 her book, "Silent Spring," unleashed both widespread praise and bitter, sometimes savage criticism. Former Secretary of ...

The reception of Silent Spring: an introduction / Craig Waddell -- Chemical fallout: Silent Spring, radioactive fallout, and the environmental movement / Ralph H. Lutts -- An inventional archaeology ...

This Day in History: Kellan Tilton invited to the Superbowl by Patriots owner Robert Kraft, Jan. 8 ...

Rekindle Your Sense of Wonder, Celebrate 50 Years of Action for The Environment on May 2 and 3. The Willi Unsoeld Seminar and Rachel Carson Forum Present A Sense of Wonder: A Play Based on the Life ...

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