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Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
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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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Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Women Suffrage Association. Started the coordination of the national suffrage movement. -
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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Amelia Earhart was the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic solo and nonstop. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man. This helps to launch the civil rights movement. -
The FDA approves the first commercially approved birth control in the world. -
Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring
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President Kennedy signs into law the Equal Pay Act that prohibits sex-based wage discrimination. Between men and women in the workplace. -
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law which bans employment discrimination based on race, religion, or sex. -
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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The U.S supreme court declares that the constitution protects a women's legal abortion right. -
Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as the first woman to serve on the U.S supreme court. -
On the space shuttle Challenger, Sally Ride becomes the first woman in space. -
Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force
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Clinton signs the Violence against Women Act, providing funding for programs that help victims of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault, stalking, and other gender-related violence. -
The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reducing 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