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First World Climate Conference
Man's role in climate change was globally acknowledged but the issue was little understood. -
Exxon Valdez
The Exxon Valdez oil tanker strikes a reef in Alaska, spilling 10.8 million gallons of oil. -
Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol was signed at the UN, placing emission reduction targets on developed countries. Not to be effective until February 2005. -
ExxonMobil fights the Kyoto Plan
Oil giant Exxonmobil lobbied against the Kyoto protocol calling it expensive and questioning the science of climate change -
US Pulls out of Kyoto Protocol
in 2001 Bush declined to send the Kyoto Protocol to congress to be ratified, shortly after Canada also pulled out. -
Kyoto Protocol Takes Effect
The Kyoto Protocol went into effect but with withdrawal of major countries, it had little affect. -
ExxonMobil Supports Carbon Tax
Exxonmobil acknowledges the problem of carbon emissions and supports a carbon tax. -
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
The company BP causes a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, garnering massive media attention. -
Obama Calls to Ban Offshore Drilling
In an attempt to protect climate change laws from being so easily revoked by Mr. Trump, President Obama calls for a permanent ban of drilling along the Arctic and Atlantic seaboard.
