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Stamp Act
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1769 — Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
1769 — Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution. -
Boston Tea Party
Was a American political protest by Son of Liberty in Boston Massachusetts. -
Declaration of Independence
56 members of the second Continental Congress started signing The Declaration of Independence -
Whiskey Rebellion
A tax protest in the United States. -
1854 — Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden
1854 — Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden -
Civil War
War in the U.S. from 1861 to 1865 between Northern and Southern states. -
1872 — The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain
1872 — The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain -
1866 — The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
1866 — The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel -
Dawes Act
Congress passed the Dawes Act -
Spanish American War
Armed conflict between Spain and U.S. -
1905 — The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution
1905 — The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution -
WORLD WAR I
A a global war originating in Europe that lasted from the 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918 -
1916 — US Congress created the National Park Service
1916 — US Congress created the National Park Service -
World War 2
It was known as the Second War it involved the vast majority countries. -
1962 — Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring
Originally in the New York Magazine the book shed light on damage. -
1968 — The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise
A photograph of Earth and some of the Moons surface. -
1970 — Earth Day – April 22., millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day organized by Gaylord Nelson, former senator of Wisconsin, and Denis Hayes, Harvard graduate student. US Environmental Protection Agency established
Birthday of the Earth -
MLK DAY
Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr it became holiday 1983. -
1989 — Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force
1989 — Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force -
1997 — The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries that ratify this protocol commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases
1997 — The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries that ratify this protocol commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases -
2001 — U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol
First country to do it and the US senate refused to ratify it. -
2017 — U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation
They would all cease all participation from the 2015 Paris Agreement -
2021 — U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation
Joe Bidden announced one of his first action as president was to do this.
