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City of Paris forces butchers to dispose of animal waste outside the city, similar laws were established in New York years later.
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Passed a law to stop throwing garbage into ditches, rivers, waters etc. Also passes the first urban sanitary laws in England.
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1762 - 1769 - Philadelphia committee led by Ben Franklin attempts to regulate water disposal as well as water pollution.
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Manhattan company formed to build water line in New York City.
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1800 - Beginnings of first modern municipal sewers in London, but the water supply is still frequently contaminated.
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1812 - First gas lights introduced in London by the Gas Light & Coke Co. This "town gas" or manufactured gas would be used in every major US and European city, but residual coal tar would remain an environmental problem well into the 21st century.
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Report is first scientific inquiry linking high rates of infectious disease and child mortality to grossly unsanitary conditions and polluted drinking water.
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House of Commons Select Committee on the Smoke Nuisance recommends all manufacturers be removed to a distance of 5 to 6 miles from city center.
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The toll was 2000. London had one of its worst experiences with smog in December 1892. The smog lasted for three days and resulted in about 1000 deaths. 1898 - Government agencies were pressured by the coal smoke abatement society to enforce the pollution laws in England.
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New York City newspapers begin crusade contaminated milk, ice and oysters by using new laboratory test to check bacteria counts.
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1906 - Alkali Act of 1863 extended in UK to include a wide range of chemical processes.
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1921 - General Motors researchers discover tetraethyl lead as an anti-knock gasoline additive.
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1922 - National Coast Anti Pollution League formed by state and municipal officials at Atlantic City, New Jersey to stop oil dumping.
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1924 - Oil Pollution Act finally passed in weakened form, prohibiting discharge from any vessel within the three mile limit. A stronger act would have prohibited discharges from oil refineries.
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1947 - Los Angeles Air Pollution Control District formed; first air pollution control bureau in the nation.
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1956 - British Parliament passes Clean Air Act.
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1956 -- Congress passes Water Pollution Control Act.
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1972 - First bottle recycling bill passes in Oregon. Getting taxed by the government cause how they make the water bottles to recycle are made from crude oil.
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1973 - US Congress approves Alaska Oil pipeline. To pump oil out of the ground.
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1980-- All gasoline be blended with a minimum of 10 percent grain alcohol--"gasohol." Also Gasohol Competition Act passed by Congress to stop oil companies' discrimination against sales of gasohol at their pumps. Its ethanol
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1980 - National Academy of Sciences calls leaded gasoline the greatest source of atmospheric lead pollution. Its ethanol
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1990 - United Nations report on climate change warns that global temperature rise might be as much as 2 degrees F in 35 years, recommends reducing CO2 emissions worldwide. thring to cut down on pollution
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1991 - Prohibits mining, limits pollution and protects animal species.limits pollution without hurting the animals
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Hero of Alexandria experiments with solar powered pumps.
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80 A.D.- The Roman Senate passes a law to protect water stored during dry periods so it can be released for street and sewer cleaning.
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2003 -- Oct 11 -- Hunting endangered species -- The Bush administration proposes changes to conservation laws that would allow hunters, to trap move and hunt animals from other countries that are about to die out.
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2003 -- June -- Energy bill was shown to Congress would mean ethanol mandates, nuclear power plant construction, liability exemptions for MTBE users, electrical reliability measures and other items.
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2004 -- December 7 -- Automakers file suit against California to stop a greenhouse gas emissions law that requires better fuel economy. Automakers filing the suit are: Ford, GM, Chrysler, BMW, Porsche, Volkswagen, Mazda, Mitsubishi and Toyota.
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Jan. 13 –EPA vetoes water permit for massive Spruce No. 1 mountaintop removal site in West Virginia. The veto is good for environmentalists and sparks violent rhetoric from the coal industry and its supporters.
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November -- Tropical birds, protected by international treaty since 1912, are again under threat. So many of Venezuela’s scarlet finches, are about to die out.