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Philadelphia committee
Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution. -
Walden
Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden -
Ecology
The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel -
Acid Rain
The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain -
Smog
The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution -
National Park Service
US Congress created the National Park Service -
Pearl Harbor
The day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War 2. President Franklin Roosevelt call it a date which will live in infamy. -
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring -
Martin Luther King Jr. Speech
The day Martin Luther King made his famous speech. -
Earthrise
The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise -
Earth Day
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 -
Montreal Protocol
Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force -
Kyoto Protocol
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 -
Rejected
U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol -
9/11
The terrorist attacks that destroyed the Twin Towers by having planes filled with passengers crash into the two towers. Almost 3,000 people died, and has greatly affected the country ever since.
