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Dust Bowl
The Agricultural Security Administration assisted migrant farm laborers who had been evicted from their land, promoted soil conservation, relocated farmers to more productive land, and offered emergency relief. -
Founding of IUCN
IUCN is in the head of the effort to prevent extinction of species on a worldwide scale. -
London Smog
In direct response to the deadly fog, the British government eventually passed the Clean Air Act four years later, in 1956. The act limited the use of coal in both home and industrial furnaces and established smoke-free zones across the city. -
Minamata
A multinational environmental pact called the Minamata Convention on Mercury targets particular human activities that are causing widespread mercury pollution. -
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Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring Published
Chemical industry representatives opposed Silent Spring strongly, but it ultimately led to a change in national pesticide policy, a statewide ban on DDT for agricultural purposes, and the emergence of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. -
Aberfan Disaster
The Welsh government declared a climate emergency in a press release from April 2019, pledging to uphold the Paris Climate Agreement, become carbon neutral by 2030, and phase out fossil fuels for the benefit of society. -
Gaia Hypothesis
The causal relation between rising biodiversity and rising population stability was also anticipated by the Gaia theory. The idea that life on earth uses the abiotic environment as a self-regulatory system can be seen as the Gaian effect on the development of Evolutionary theory. -
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Whaling
There is still commercial whaling going on in the world's oceans despite the worldwide ban. Because of the devastation caused by centuries of hunting, the international community decided to ban commercial whale hunting in 1986 in order to save whales from extinction. -
Sevoso
The local government and ICMESA started working together to clean up the contaminated region. Decontamination of Zone A was finished by April 1984 thanks to these successful efforts. -
Bhopal
For developing nations in general, and India in particular, Bhopal and its aftermath served as a warning that the road to industrialization is paved with risks to people's health, the environment, and the economy.. -
Chernobyl
In order to cover the destroyed reactor and stop future pollution, the U.S. contributed to the construction of a protective concrete sarcophagus after the disaster. The initial containment facility, which was never meant to be a long-term solution for containing the highly persistent radioactive material, proceeded to degrade. -
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
The Oil Pollution Act of 1990, passed by Congress, mandated that the Coast Guard tighten its rules regarding oil tank vessels and the owners and operators of oil tanks. -
Kuwaiti Oil Fires
The fires were finally put out by employees hired under a private contract, at a total cost to Kuwait of $1.5 billion. Only seawater was used to extinguish 90% of fires when damaged oil pipes were repaired and the flow was reversed to pump seawater from the Persian Gulf back into the blazing oil wells. -
Kyoto Protocol
A global agreement known as the Kyoto Protocol was passed in 1997 with the intention of reducing the emissions of gases that cause global warming. In accordance with the agreement, emissions of six greenhouse gases were to be cut in 41 nations in addition to the European Union by 5.2 percent from 1990 levels. -
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Tokaimura Nuclear Plant
The Nuclear Safety Commission has created proposed rules that would force operators of nuclear facilities to disclose nuclear accidents to the government. The panel's focus is on catastrophe avoidance at facilities connected to nuclear plants. In order to include the proposed standards in the regulations implementing the anti-nuclear disaster law, the government aims to discuss them with relevant institutions, such as the STA and the International Trade and Industry Ministry. -
Baia Mare Cyanide Spill
A few months after the incident, mining continues. However, in 2005, an EU judge bans mining on 85% of the site while an investigation is ongoing. Numerous attempts to outlaw the use of cyanide in mining in Romania have been unsuccessful. The European Parliament considered a ban on the use of cyanide in mining throughout the EU in 2010, but the European Commission never enacted the measure. -
Documentary film An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth is an illustrated talk on climate by Al Gore that is presented in video form. It is intended to warn the public about a growing "planetary emergency" due to global warming and features scenes from his life that helped shape his concerns about environmental issues. -
The Sidoarjo Mud Volcano
The national government ultimately intervened in December 2014. The newly elected President provided a $45.5 million loan to cover the unpaid compensation. According to the agreement, Lapindo has purchased and paid for the property where the villages had stood. The business must pay back the government within four years, or else its assets would be turned over to the government. -
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Flint Water
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received funding from Congress to create a federal advisory group, improve the activities of the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, and promote a voluntary Flint lead exposure register.