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The British Alkali Acts
The emergence of great factories and consumption of heavy quantities of coal and other fossil fuels which were outputs the industrial revolution gave rise to record air pollution. The British Alkali Acts were the first major pieces of environmental law and were established to regulate the detrimental air pollution produced. Under the Alkali Acts, industries that emitted smoke, dust and grit were under supervision of the inspectorate. -
John Muir
John Muir, a Scottish-born American naturalist was well known for his role in the environmental movement in the United States. John Muir was one of the early advocates for the preservation of American Wilderness. He was involved in establishing the ‘Yellowstone', the world's first national park. -
The Natural Conervancy
The National Conservancy is an environmental organisation that help preserve animals, plants and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on earth by protecting the lands and water they need to survive. It was established in 1951. In its years of running it has managed to protect over 69,000 square kilometres in the U.S and about 473,000 internationally. -
Greenpeace
Greenpeace is a non-for profit organisation that aims to protect the environment and everything in it. Greenpeace officially states that its goal is to “ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity. It is directly involved in world issues such as deforestation, overfishing, whaling, anti-nuclear issues and global warming. -
Stockholm Confrence
The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, which is also known as the Stockholm conference was an international conference held by the United Nations in Stockholm, Sweden in during June in 1972. It was the UN’s first major conference on global environmental issues and marked a turning point in the development of modern environmental politics. A declaration was made containing 26 principles concerning the environment and its development. -
UNEP
The United Nations Environment Programme was established after the Stockholm conference. It coordinates environmental activities and is mostly involved in assisting developing countries in troubling environments and policies. Its activities also cover a range of issues regarding marine and terrestrial ecosystems as well as the atmosphere. -
Gordon River Damming
On this date the newly appointed Labour government vowed to stop the dam in the Gordon river from being constraucted. After years of campaigning the majority of the public got what they wanted and the damming was stopped. Mulitple protests were stagged which eventually won through. -
Chernobyl
Chernobyl was a nuclear disaster in which the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine was exposed to an explosion which spread large quantities of radioactive particles into the air and all across Europe. It has been one of the worst nuclear distaters in history. -
Al Gore
Al Gore was an American Politician who served as vice president from 1003-2001 as well as being an extreame environmental activist. He is most famous for his documentary called "An Inconvienient Truth" in which he voices his concernes and ideas on how to make a sustainable future for mankind. -
Jabilka Mine Controversy
Jabilka is two urainium deposits that were build under lots of controversy. In 1998 the issue came to a head when Jacqui Katona and Yvonne Margarula, of the Mirarr people, called on activists to come from around Australia and the world to blockade the construction of the mine by Energy Resources of Australia. Over 500 people were arrested in the course of the eight-month blockade.
