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Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
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Women including Lucretia Mott and Jane H, came together to discuss women's rights. -
This was the first National Women's Rights Convention; it was held in Maryland. -
Henry David Thoreau published "Walden"
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Congress was introduced to the federal women's suffrage amendment. -
The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain
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The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
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The American Equal Rights Association was formed with Lucretia Mott as president. -
Shortly after the American Equal Rights Association was confirmed, there was a petition; it got 10,000 signatures. -
This constitutional convention was held in New York and 600,000 votes were pro-suffrage. -
From 1986 forward, different states came to support. -
The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution
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Alice Paul started the National Womens Party on this date. -
US Congress created the National Park Service
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The House of Representatives passes the Federal Women's Suffrage Amendment. -
The 19th amendment is put in the law and women now have the freedom to vote. -
Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring
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The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise
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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 commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide
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U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol
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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