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1769
A Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution. -
1776
The decleration of independence was signed -
War of 1812
the US had a new conflict with the british -
Walden
Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden -
Civil War
The Civil War started -
the battle of gettysburg
The battle of gettysburg was fought on july 1st to july 3rd, 1863 -
Civil War Ends
The civil war ends with over 1,000,000 people dead -
1666
The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel -
1872
The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain -
1905
The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution -
1916
US Congress created the National Park Service -
War Declared
The US enters World War II after germany declares war on the US> -
WW2 Ends
World War II ends with japan surrendering to the US -
NASCAR is born
NASCAR was founded by Bill France Sr -
1962
Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring -
1968
The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise -
One Small step for man
Neil Armstrong is the first person to step foot on the moon -
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 -
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 -
2001
U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol -
President number 44
Barack Obama becomes the 44th president of the United States as well as the first African American President. -
2017
U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation -
2021
U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation