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Tragedy of the Commons
when people act independently and rationally according to each one's self-interest examples of "Commons" are atmosphere, oceans, rivers, fish stocks, national parks, advertising -
The Panama Canal
canal traffic in 2009 reached 299.1 million tons of shipping. in 2014 theres gonna be a project that will double the canal's capacity -
Minamata Disease
As of March 2001, 2,265 victims had been officially recognised Chisso Corporation had paid $86 million in compensation -
Libby, Montana Asbestos Contamination
Libby residents have suffered with asbestos-related diseases like mesothelioma exposure to the dust from the mines were damaging to the lungs -
The Great Smog of 52
a severe air pollution event that affected London 4,000 people had died and 100,000 more were made ill because of the smog's effects -
Castle Bravo
the code name given to the first United States test of a dry fuel thermonuclear hydrogen bomb it was the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the United States -
Silent Spring
The book was written by Rachel Carson The book was published by Houghton Mifflin -
Eccocide in Vietnam
1.5 million acres of forest was defoliated by the united states 200,000 acres of cropland was destroyed -
The Palomares Incident
The KC-135 was completely destroyed when its fuel load ignited All four crew members were killed -
1st Earth Day
environmental protection awareness is raised all around the world earth day is celebrated in more than 192 countries each year -
Environmental Protection Agency
The agency has approximately 17,000 full-time employees Nixon signed an executive order to start the operation -
Door to Hell
its natural gas fire which has been burning continuously since it was lit by Soviet scientists The pungent smell of burning sulfur pervades the area for some distance. -
The Love Canal
the site had formerly been used to bury 21,000 tons of toxic waste by Hooker Chemical now the site is an Occidental Petroleum Corporation -
The Seveso Disaster
resulted in the highest known exposure to dioxin (TCDD) in residential populations The EU industrial safety regulations are known as the Seveso II Directive. -
Amoco Cadiz
Amoco Cadiz contained 1,604,500 barrels of light crude oil Severe weather resulted in the complete breakup of the ship before any oil could be pumped out -
The Three Mile Island Nuclear Explosion
There was releases of small amounts of radioactive gases and radioactive iodine into the environment The power plant was named after the island on which it was situated -
The Chernobyl Nuclear Explosion
The official death count was 31 the incident ultimately involved over 500,000 workers -
The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
The Valdez spill was the largest ever in US waters until 2010 the ship was carrying approximately 55 million US gallons of oil -
The Shrinking of the Aral Sea
fisheries and the communities that depended on the lake were closed down The lake was saved and started to increase in size -
The Bhopal Disaster
Over 500,000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals a total of 3,787 deaths because of the gas release -
The Kuwait Oil Fires
the last fire was extinguished by November 1991 Around 6 million barrels of oil were lost each day. -
Pacific Gyre Garbage Patch
The coordinates:135°W to 155°W and 35°N and 42°N oceanic currents force the trash to float together -
Baia Mare Cyanide Spill
was a leak of cyanide near Baia Mare, Romania The polluted waters killed a large amount of fish -
The Al-mishraq Fire
the site of the largest human-made release of sulfur dioxide ever recorded the fire was putting 21,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide a day into the atmosphere. -
E-waste in Guiyu, China
the location may be the largest electronic waste site on earth they processed more than 100 truckloads a day -
Jilin Chemical Plant Explosions
The explosions killed six, injured dozens there was evacuation of tens of thousands of residents. -
“An Inconvenient Truth”
it was a documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim The film grossed $24 million in the U.S. -
Kingston Fossil Plant Coal Fly Ash Slurry Spill
the official estimate was 5.4 million cubic yards of sludge six months after the spill only 3% of it had been cleaned up -
Deep water horizon BP oil spill
considered the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry The total discharge is estimated at 210 million gallons -
Fukushima Daiichi
Fukushima Daiichi is one of the 15 largest nuclear power stations in the world The plant had major damage from the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami -
Sidoarjo Mud Flow
mud was being discharged at a rate of 10,000 m³ per day now when mud is discharged its at a rate of 100,000 cubic metres per day -
The Three Gorges Dam
some archaeological and cultural sites were flooded some 1.3 million people were left without homes -
Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
the dead zone is an area roughly the size of Connecticut The dead zone is an area without oxygen
