Timeline

By bella.44

  • Silent springs

    This is a book written by Rachel Carson that focused on the use of pesticides in our environment. It polluted the environment because of the sprays and led to many changes in the environment. Her book was so effective that the use of pesticides got regulated and DDT got banned in 1972.

  • The Cuyahoga River Fire

    This was a polluted river in Ohio that caught on fire due to the high levels of pollution which oils floating in the river and industrial waste. This matters because it sparked the conversation of pollution control and the creation of the EPA and pollution law controls.

  • The first earth day

    This was a nation wide event we’re almost 20 millions people rallied for the earth and fought to make a change. Elementary-College students held events to show their support to the movement. To this day we still celebrate this movement. (Library of Congress).

  • The Stockholm conference

    This was a conference with many influential individuals who discussed the concerns of the earth's, water, and air pollution. They also talked about the economy and how it could be linked to the environment. The results of this was the UNEP. (United Nations)

  • The Launch of the Kyoto Protocol

    The Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty That focused on climate change. It focused on lowering greenhouse gas emissions. This was a huge step towards setting climate agreements with countries.

  • Bhopal disaster

    A pesticide plant in Madhya Pradesh in India released 40 tonnes of MIC. About 3,000 people died from this disaster.One of the worlds worst industrial disasters

  • The Bhopal Gas Tragedy

    This took place in Bhopal, India which killed almost 4 thousand people. 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant which released very toxic gases into the air. This is known as one of the worst industrial accidents in history.

  • The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

    Off the coast of Alaska about 11 million gallons of oil were released into the environmental. This caused an extreme amount of damage to the water pollution and ecosystems that affected local communities and the effect of this was it sparked awareness about the risk of oil transportation.

  • Julia butterfly

    Julia was an extreme environmentalist who spent her life working towards a better environment. Redwood trees were beginning to be cut down in her area, to protest this she lived in the tree for 2 years so it won’t be cut down. Her determination drew a huge amount of media attention.

  • The Paris Agreement

    The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. Their goal was to stop global warming and stop the rise of the earths temperatures.