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Regulate waste disposal and water pollution
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 -
The First Artificial Satellite in Space
The Sputnik was the first man-made object to leaves the earths atmosphere. Launched by the USSR. -
First Creatures to Return Alive from Space
Two monkeys become the first living creatures to survive a space flight. -
First Man in Space
The USSR sends Yuri Gagarin into space. He made a single orbit of Earth in 108 minutes and traveled at more than 17,000 miles per hour. -
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring -
First Woman in Space
The Soviet Union sends Valentina Tereshkova into space. She circled the earth 49 times during 3 days in space. -
Earthrise
The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise -
First Man on the Moon
American, Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon. Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin spent 2 hours on the moon collecting rock samples and setting up observation equipment. The entire mission lasted 8 days. -
First Earth Day
First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established -
The First Space Station is Launched
Russia launches Salyut, the first space station. -
US orbits Mars
Mariner 9, an unnamed NASA probe, became the first spacecraft to circle another planet after it completed an orbit around Mars. -
Ozone layer
Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force -
Launch of the Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope was placed into orbit by crew members of the space shuttle Discovery. The most sophisticated optical observatory ever to orbit Earth. -
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 -
Kyoto Protocol rejected
U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol -
First Space Tourist
Dennis Tito, a millionaire business man, became the first paying passanger to travel into outer space. -
US ceases participation in Paris Agreement
U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation -
Earth Sized Planet Found
NASA announces the discovery of planetary system Trappist-1, which containes seven Earth sized planets orbiting a red dwarf star. -
US rejoins Paris Agreement
U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation