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Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
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U.S is established
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Lewis and Clark set out to explore the West
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U.S declares war on Great Britain
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Francis Scott Key Writes the Star Spangled Banner as the British attack
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The Articles of Confederation are written
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U.S constitution is put into effect
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Gold Rush Begins
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Henry David Thoreau published Walden
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Civil War begins
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The term ecology is coined in German as Oenology by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
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The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain
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The Civil Rights Act was put in place
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The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution
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World War 1 begins
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US Congress created the National Park Service
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Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring
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The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise
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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
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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
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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
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U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol
