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Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
Franklin's will stipulated the construction of a fresh water pipeline for Philadelphia -
Henry David Thoreau published Walden
Walden is a book by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. -
The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel was a German zoologist. -
The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain
he made the connection between the industrial pollution so rampant in the city at the time, and the acidity of the city's rainfall. -
The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution
the term smog then appeared frequently in newspapers and journals because of the heavy air pollution in London and Los Angeles -
US Congress created the National Park Service
The National Park Service is an agency that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational properties -
first artificial earth satellite
The first artificial satellite was Sputnik 1, first to successfully launch and enter Earth's orbit -
first animal launched into space
A dog named Laika launched into space aboard the soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 -
First animals to return ALIVE from space
Two monkeys, Able and Baker, became the first 2 animals to return alive from space. They were launched by the US on a jupiter missile. -
First picture of far side of moon
The first picture of the far side of the moon was taken on Luna 3 -
Rachel Carson published Silent Spring
The theme of Silent Spring is the powerful and often negative effect humans have on the natural world. -
first human to orbit Earth
Yury Gagarin was the first human to orbit the Earth, this was accomplished on Vostok 1. -
first space walk
Aleksey Leonov was the first human to leave the space capsule (of Voskhod 2) and float freely in orbit. His spacewalk lasted 12 minutes and 9 seconds -
First woman in space
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space, this was accomplished on Vostok 6. -
first death during a space mission
Vladimir Komarov was the first death taken place during a space mission. This happened when Soyuz 1 crashed into Earth. -
The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise
It was a photo that showed humans a new perspective, with the moon in the foreground and Earth floating in distant space -
First man on the moon
The first man to walk on the surface of the moon was Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11. -
First Earth Day
Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established -
First space station launch
The first space station launch was Salyut 1, accomplished by the Soviet union. -
Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force
designed to stop the production and import of ozone depleting substances and reduce their concentration in the atmosphere to help protect the earth's ozone layer -
The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated
in Kyoto, Japan in December, countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide. -
U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol
Bush argued the division between Annex 1 and developing countries was unfair, and that both countries needed to reduce their emissions unilaterally -
U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation
Trump believed the agreement would "undermine" the U.S. economy, and put the U.S. "at a permanent disadvantage. -
U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation
on his first day in office, President Biden signed the instrument to bring the United States back into the Paris Agreement.