Which of the following was so successful at bringing attention to environmental concerns that many consider it the beginning of the environmental movement?

A. the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
B. the passage of the Clean Air Act
C. Earth Day festivities in 1970
D. the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency
E. the fire on Cuyahoga River in northeast Ohio


Answer: C

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