Environmental Engineering By cmrockey Jan 1, 1970 Nation Environmental Policy Act Mar 21, 1970 First Earth Day Jul 9, 1970 Founding of EPA Dec 28, 1973 Endangered Species Act 1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 1977 Clean Air Act 1977 Clean Water Act May 21, 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act - Super-Fund May 21, 1980 Love Canal Relocation 1985 Hole in Ozone Discovered Apr 26, 1986 Chernobyl Disaster Sep 16, 1987 Montreal Protocol Jun 23, 1988 James Hanson Warns Congress of Global Warming Jun 23, 1988 IPCC Mar 24, 1989 Exxon Valdez 1991 Kuwait Oil Fires Jan 1, 1991 Sweden Carbon Tax 1993 Executive Order Restricting Logging of Old Growth Forests Oct 11, 2000 Massey Energy Co. Dam Spill Apr 20, 2010 Deep Water Horizon