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Sand County Almanac
Sand County Almanac is a combination of natural history, scene painting with words, and philosophy. -
Minimata
Minamata disease is a methylmercury poisoning with neurological symptoms and caused by the daily consump- tion of large quantities of fish and shellfish that were heavily contaminated with the toxic chemical generated in chemical factories and then discharged into the sea. -
Silent Spring
A environmental science book by Rachel Carson. It documented the environmental harm that careless use of pesticides caused. -
The first Earth Day
Twenty million Americans take part in the first Earth Day. A large-scale demonstration of environmental activism, the observance leads to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and legislation including the Clean Air Act. -
Bhopal DIsaster
A Union carbide pesticide plant that released tons of poisonous gas that was Considered one of the worlds worst industrial disaster. -
Chernobyl
The worst nuclear disaster ever occurred. -
BioSphere 2
Biosphere 2 was a earth system science facility that attempted to create an environment where humans could live without any outside contact. -
U.N. Rio Earth Summit
The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, also known as the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, the Rio Summit, the Rio Conference, and the Earth Summit, this was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro -
An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 American concert/documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate people about global warming. -
Fukushima
Another horrible nuclear accident. An earthquake set of a tsunami which cause damage resulting in the meltdown of 3 reactors in the plant. -
Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise protest
A peaceful protest against the Russian Gazprom oil platform drilling for oil in the arctic -
The Paris agreement goes into effect
As part of the Paris Agreement, a landmark international accord to combat climate change, signatory countries agree to limit global temperature rise in the 21st century to 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.