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Philiadelphia committee
Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution. -
Walden is published
Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden -
Ecology exists
The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel -
Acid rain exists
The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain -
smog exists
The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution -
National Park Service is created
US Congress created the National Park Service -
Montgomery boycott
The Montgomery boycott was a nationwide boycott caused by an African-american women who refused to give up her seat to a white man. This lead to laws implementing that black people could sit anywhere on a bus. -
Albany movement
This movement was about the segregated police system and how police were unfairly treating African-american people. -
Silent Spring is released
Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring -
Birmingham Campaign
This campaign was pushed because the city of Birmingham enforced many segregation rules and policies such as hiring only white people or making bathrooms separate. A series of peaceful protests and rallies made change and things were becoming available to people of all races. -
March on Washington
between 200,000 and 300,00 people marched on the Washington mall for change and equality. -
civil rights act of 1964
the law was put into place to prevent workplace discrimination and non hiring of colored people. -
Chicago freedom movement
the protest against segregated housing in Chicago IL. -
voting rights act
the removal of literacy tests for voting and so voting could be monitored more on a federal term than a local term -
Bloody sunday
A march for awareness of the beating of two state troopers inflicted on protestors. the march took place in selma Alabama. -
vietnam war opposition
The rallies, speeches and other things to help against the war in Vietnam -
poor peoples campaign
the multi-cultural campaign for more rights and opportunities for poor people across the United States. -
Earthrise
The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise -
first earth day
1970 — First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established -
Montreal Protocol
Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force -
The Koyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide -
Rejection of the Koyoto Protocol
U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol -
denunciation of the Paris agreement
U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation -
U.S announce re-joining he Paris agreement
U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation