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Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
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One of the most important but least celebrated events in history, 56 members of congress signed the independence in Philadelphia. -
George Washington sent troops in 1794 to western Pennsylvania in 1794 to quell the whiskey rebellion, an uprising by citizens who refused to pay liquor tax. -
On January 8, 1815 an army under the command of Andrew Jackson defeated the British in the battle of New Orleans -
U.S. President Jams Monroe articulated a set of principles in 1823 that decades later would be called the Monroe Doctrine -
signed on February 2nd 1848 the treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo brought the Mexican American war to a close -
Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden
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The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
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The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain
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The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution
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US Congress created the National Park Service
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in October 1929 the stock market crashed, setting the stage for years of economic deprivation and calamity during the great depression. -
Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring
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The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise
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Martin Luther King was assassinated stepping out of his living space on April 4th 1968 -
First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established
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Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force
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The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries that ratify this protocol commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide
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U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol
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September 11th 2001, a terrorist attack was set on the twin towers. teaching the world lessons for years to come -
Category 5 hurricane hit Atlantic Ocean killing over 1800 people and leaving $125 billion dollars in damage. -
in 2016 Donald J Trump was elected to be President of the United States Of America. Changing the world we live in and the way look at things -
U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation
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U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation