Environmental Timeline Group Assignment By tarheels72 Jan 1, 1700 10,000 years ago: Agricultural revolution Aug 28, 1730 275 years ago: Industrial revolution Aug 28, 1892 John Muir founded the Sierra Club Aug 28, 1900 Lacey Act founded Period: Aug 28, 1901 to Aug 28, 1909 Golden Age of Conservation (Theodore Roosevelt) Aug 28, 1903 First National Wildlife Refuge established Aug 28, 1906 Antiquities Act Aug 28, 1912 US National Park Service founded Aug 28, 1934 Taylor Grazing Act Aug 30, 1934 Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act Aug 28, 1940 Fish and Wildlife Service founded Aug 28, 1962 Silent Spring published by Rachel Carson Aug 28, 1963 Wilderness Act Aug 28, 1968 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Aug 30, 1968 Garrett Hardin publishes “The Tragedy of the Commons Aug 28, 1969 Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire Aug 31, 1969 National Environmental policy Act (NEPA) Aug 28, 1970 First Earth day Aug 29, 1970 Environmental Protection Agency founded Aug 30, 1970 Clean Air Act Aug 28, 1973 Endangered Species Act Aug 29, 1973 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Control Act (FIFRA) Aug 31, 1973 OPEC and oil embargo Aug 28, 1974 Roland and Molina announce CFCs are depleting the ozone layer Aug 28, 1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Aug 28, 1977 Clean Water Act Aug 29, 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation act (SMCRA Aug 28, 1978 Love Canal Aug 28, 1979 Three Mile Island Nuclear Icident Aug 28, 1984 Bhopal tragedy Aug 28, 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear accident Aug 30, 1986 The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) or Superfund Act Aug 28, 1987 Montreal Protocol Aug 28, 1989 Exxon Valdez Period: Aug 28, 1997 to Aug 28, 2005 Kyoto Protocol Aug 31, 2005 Energy Policy Act Aug 28, 2007 IPCC Report on climate change Aug 28, 2010 Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill Aug 28, 2011 World Population hit 7 Billion