Environmental Timeline

  • Conserving trees in the colonies

    Conserving trees in the colonies

    William Penn ordered one tree for every five cut
  • Environmentalist Debt

    Environmentalist Debt

    A debt between Environmentalist and Californians about water rights
  • The First Earth Day

    The First Earth Day

    Earth day is celebrated around the world
  • congress passed endangered species act

    congress passed endangered species act

    congress passed the Endangered species act to protect Endangered species from becoming extinct.
  • Earth summit  in Rio

    Earth summit in Rio

    A misson to control global warming
  • Killed by a tree.

    Killed by a tree.

    David Chain was a man that was killed by a tree felled by foresters while protesting in a forest
  • Releasing “An Inconvenient Truth”

    Releasing “An Inconvenient Truth”

    Former U.S Vice President; Al Gore released “An Inconvenient Truth” and won the Nobel Peace Prize the following year
  • Massachusetts v. EPA

    Massachusetts v. EPA

    Massachusetts filed suit against EPA for not establishing greenhouse requirements in the state
  • Earth Concert

    Earth Concert

    The concert featured performers like The Black Eyed Peas and The Red Hot Chili Peppers to raise awareness of climate change
  • Oil Spill

    Oil Spill

    Spilling 58,000 gallons of oil in the San Francisco Bay killing and poising sea animals.
  • prevent distribution and sale

    Great Lakes Compact signed by all Great Lakes states are attempting to prevent distribution and sale of water