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The key objective of the Kyoto Protocol is to reduce greenhouse gases that cause climate change. As of June 2008, 182 parties have ratified the protocol. The U.S. is NOT among one of them.
Hill spent 738 days living in the 600-year-old tree, nicknamed Luna, in order to prevent loggers of the Pacific Lumber Company from cutting it down. A resolution was finally reached in 1999 when t...
Mono Lake is an alkaline and hypersaline lake in California, United States that is a critical nesting habitat for several bird species and is an unusually productive ecosystem.
The disaster has been recorded as one of the largest spills in U.S. history and one of the largest ecological disasters in the world.
Thirty people are killed in the accident but thousands more die due to exposure to radiation. The Chernobyl incident is the worst nuclear power plant accident in history, and it is arguable that th...
The law provides for the creation or revision of 15 National Park Service properties, and sets aside other public lands for the United States Forest Service and United States Fish and Wildlife Serv...
An accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania ultimately results in a partial core meltdown in Unit 2 of the nuclear power plant. The event is co...
The neighborhood becomes a subject of national attention and controversy following the discovery of toxic waste buried beneath the ground.
In 1975, Law professor Zygmunt Plater and student Hiram Hill filed the first petition under the Endangered Species Act. They called on the Department of the Interior to list the snail darter as an ...
The stated purpose of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is to protect species and also "the ecosystems upon which they depend." The ESA is administered by two federal agencies, the United States Fis...
The Amendments significantly expand on previous legislation and become the basis for the Clean Water Act of 1977 and the Water Quality Act of 1987.
The EPA is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and with safeguarding the natural environment: air, water, and land. It is mainly responsibl...
The law requires the EPA to develop and enforce regulations to protect the general public from exposure to airborne contaminants that are known to be hazardous to human health. This law is an amend...
Over a 10-day period, an estimated 3 million gallons of crude oil spill into the channel and onto the beaches of Santa Barbara County in Southern California.
The next day, the IRS hand-delivers a suspension of the Club's tax-exempt status. The action boosts the Club's prestige and membership and eventually helps in the fight to save the Canyon.
The case establishes a precedent, allowing the Club to stand for a non-economic interest in the case.
The Act, written by Howard Zahniser of The Wilderness Society, created the legal definition of wilderness in the United States, and protected some 9 million acres (36,000 km²) of federal land.
The book alerts the general public to the dangers of pesticides such as DDT on the environment, and has since been credited with helping launch the modern environmental movement.
The act recognizes air pollution as a serious problem and suggests additional research and education on the issue. Although the act does not put into effect any restrictions on polluters, it eventu...
Under his leadership, the Club becomes America's foremost environmental protection organization.
The book describes the land around Leopold's home in Sauk County, Wisconsin and his thoughts on developing a "land ethic."
18 people die in three days and 50 more die after the inversion lifts. Hundreds of others finish the rest of their lives with damaged lungs and hearts. Later, public outcry over the incident forc...
In the first issue of their magazine "Living Wilderness," editor Robert Sterling Yard writes, "The Wilderness Society is born of an emergency in conservation which admits of no delay. The craze is ...
Stephen Mather is named first director (May 16, 1917 - January 8, 1929). The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monument...
Oil shoots into the air at an estimated 125,000 barrels a day from a column of oil and sand 20 feet in diameter and 200 feet high (6 meters by 60 meters). The gushing continues at a reduced rate fo...
The Division of Forestry is now known as the United States Forest Service.
The act empowers the President to create "forest reserves." This created the legislative foundation for what became the National Forest system.
General Grant National Park is now known as Kings Canyon National Park. It is contiguous with Sequoia National Park and the two are maintained by the National Park Service as one unit.
Under the law, companies and individuals may buy the mining rights for public land thought to contain minerals for $5 per acre or less.
In his book, Thoreau calls for the establishment of "national preserves" of virgin forest.
The book is reprinted many times afterwards.
He calls attention to the destruction impact of human activity on the land, especially through deforestation. Furthermore, he advocates a conservationist approach to the management of forested land...
