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The Sierra Club is a leading American environmental organization, founded in 1892 by naturalist John Muir and other Californians, dedicated to preserving wilderness and protecting the environment. Link: https://www.sierraclub.org/ -
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, published in 1962, was a landmark in the development of the modern environmental movement. Link: https://www.acs.org/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/rachel-carson-silent-spring.html#:~:text=Rachel%20Carson's%20Silent%20Spring%2C%20published,of%20the%20modern%20environmental%20movement. -
The first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970, a nationwide "teach-in" organized by Senator Gaylord Nelson to raise public awareness about environmental issues. Link: https://www.earthday.org/history/#:~:text=Groups%20that%20had%20been%20fighting,in%201980%2C%20held%20in%20Washington. -
It was to address public concern about growing environmental pollution and to centralize federal efforts in monitoring, standard-setting, and enforcing environmental laws. Link: https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency#:~:text=The%20Environmental%20Protection%20Agency%20was,advocate%20for%20a%20livable%20environment. -
On September 15, 1971, a group of activists sets sail from Vancouver aboard a repurposed fishing boat that they have named the Greenpeace. Link: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-15/greenpeace-is-born#:~:text=On%20September%2015%2C%201971%2C%20a,they%20have%20named%20the%20Greenpeace. -
The UN Conference on the Human Environment was the first UN conference to focus on the global environment, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 1972. Link: https://www.un.org/en/conferences/environment/stockholm1972#:~:text=The%20Stockholm%20Declaration%2C%20which%20contained,and%20the%20well%2Dbeing%20of -
An explosion and fire that demolished the reactor building and released large amounts of radiation into the atmosphere. Link: http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/focus/chernobyl/faqs#:~:text=On%20April%2026%2C%201986%2C%20the,of%20radiation%20into%20the%20atmosphere. -
It was the first addition to the UNFCCC, setting legally binding targets for industrialized countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions Link: https://www.britannica.com/event/Kyoto-Protocol#:~:text=%E2%80%9D%202008%E2%80%9312.-,It%20was%20widely%20hailed%20as%20the%20most%20significant%20environmental%20treaty,(see%20also%20greenhouse%20effect). -
An Inconvenient Truth presents the main points that human activity is causing global warming. Link: https://www.developmenteducationreview.com/issue/issue-6/inconvenient-truth#:~:text=The%20film%20does%20an%20excellent,high%20profile%20career%20in%20politics. -
The Paris Climate Agreement was adopted in December 2015 in Paris, France, at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) and signed by nearly every nation in the world. Link: https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement#:~:text=The%20Paris%20Agreement%20speaks%20of,its%20policy%20and%20implementation%20arms.