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Rachel Carson published her book Silent Spring this book was said to be founder of the modern environmentalist movement
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Thanksgiving Day in November of the year 1966, 80 people are killed as a result of air pollution
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After the oil spill, legislation pushes for environmental protection and began to quickly be advised and passed
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first laws ever passed to protect the environment in the United States
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protest would erupt against environmental ignorance
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set national standards for enviormental quality
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environmental movement that made the best selling environmental book
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the first meeting to consider global environment and development needs
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act protects and sets up a program for endangered species of plants and animals
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establish response and compensation to specific enviormental disasters