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a enormous dust storm 1,500 miles long and 600 miles wide was moving eastward across the Great Plains eventually depositing 12 million pounds of dust on Chicago four pounds for each person in the city
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About a woman named Rachel Carson. She went against the chemical industry and came up with important questions about society’s effect on nature.
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Was a catastrophic disease in Minamata City to the south-west region of Japan. The disease poisoned people and killed thousands of people who ate fish and shellfish that got caught with methylmercury that let out in wastewater by a chemical plant in May 1956.
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The 1972 United Nations Conference in Stockholm was the first world conference to make the environment a major issue.
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Was an act for defending the endangered animals and plants throughout the whole world. They would prepare and create plans for the endangered animals and plant recovery.
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Was an aborted canal project coming from Nigeria river. The Hooker Chemical Company. The government started using dug canals as a waste dump. Has around 21000 tons of toxic chemicals
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The Bhopal disaster was a chemical leak in 1984 at India. During that time this disaster was called the worst industrial accident in history. 45 tons of toxic gas methyl isocyanate came from an insecticide plant that came from the Indian subsidiary. Around 20000 thousand people died from this crisis. Some people became blind
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The April 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine was the product of a flawed Soviet reactor design coupled with serious mistakes made by the plant operators. It was a direct consequence of Cold War isolation and the resulting lack of any safety culture.
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The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is the landmark multilateral environmental agreement that regulates the production and consumption of nearly 100 man-made chemicals referred to as ozone depleting substances
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the oil tanker Exxon valez ran aground in Prince William Sound Alaska spilling 11 million gallons of oil. The ecologically sensitive location season of the year and large scale of this spill resulted in one of the largest environmental disasters
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The Kyoto Protocol was adopted on 11 December 1997 Owing to a complex ratification process it entered into force on 16 February 2005. Currently there are 192 Parties to the Kyoto Protocol.
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released in 2006 featuring the multimedia presentation of former US vice president ai gore that formed the basis for his traveling lecture tour on the emerging human challenge of global warming and climate change
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April 20 2010 a explosion occurred on the British Petroleum deep horizon Macondo oil well drilling platform in the Gulf of America
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flint’s water was making people sick and people took action.
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Up to 19 million hectures were destroyed and around 33 lives were lost and over 3,000 homes destroyed. Happened in early 2020 of January. The fire killed around 1.25 billion animals, When the fire hit March it destroyed even more homes of animals but people are working together to get rid of the fire.