Development of Modern Environmental Movement

Minamata Disaster

1956

Silent Spring

1962

Clear Air Act

1963

95 million for the study and cleanup of air and water pollution -https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/earth-days-modern-environmental-movement/#:~:text=June%201962%3A%20%22Silent%20Spring%22,in%20human%20tissue%20had%20tripled.

Fire On The Cuyahoga River

Jun 29, 1969

United States Environmental Protection Agency
https://www.epa.gov/history/milestones-epa-and-environmental-history

First Earth Day

Apr 22, 1970

Estimated three million gallons of oil spilled off the coast of Santa Barbara -https://floridawildlifefederation.org/earth-day-the-largest-environmental-movement-in-history/

Bhopal Disaster

1984

Chernobyl

1986

James Hansen

1988

Testimony at the USA Congressional Committee on climate change

Biosphere 2

Sep 26, 1991

Britannica
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Biosphere-2

Greta Thunberg

2019

Friday School Strike