Categories - Environmental Issues
- The First Clean Air Act Is Passed
- First Commercial Oil Well
- The First Controlled Fission Reaction Occurs
- The First Genetically Engineered Food Reaches Supermarkets
- The First Modern Herbicide Is Introduced
- First Tidal Power Plant Begins Operation
- The First Tidal Power Station Begins Operation
- The First U.S. Commercial Nuclear Plant Opens
- The First Water Pollution Control Act Is Passed
- The First “Deep Ecology” Platform Is Drafted
- The Fish and Wildlife Service Is Formed
- Five States Agree to Halt Lake Erie Pollution
- Florida Passes the Surface Water Improvement and Management Act
- Fluoride Is Introduced into the U.S. Water Supply
- The Food and Drug Administration Is Established
- Food Security Act Contains Conservation Provisions
- Foreman Founds Earth First!
- Fossey Murdered over Efforts to Protect Mountain Gorillas
- French Agents Sink the Rainbow Warrior
- French Government Sinks Greenpeace Ship
- French Plans for Nuclear Tests Draw Protests
- Fungicide-Tainted Grain Poisons Thousands of Iraqis
- The Garbage Barge Mobro Cruises U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coasts
- The Garbage Industry Introduces Reforms
- General Motors Sponsors a Solar-Powered Car Race
- Genetically Altered Bacteria Are Released into the Environment
- Genetically Engineered Rabies Vaccine Is Released
- The Geneva Protocol Is Signed
- Gibbons Publishes Stalking the Wild Asparagus
- The Gila Wilderness Area Is Designated
- Glaser Proposes an Orbiting Solar Power Station
- Glen Canyon Dam Is Completed
- The Global 2000 Report Is Issued
- The Global ReLeaf Program Is Initiated
- Gorgas Develops an Effective Method of Mosquito Control
- Gorgas Develops Effective Methods for Controlling Mosquitoes
- Government Reveals Oak Ridge Mercury Releases
- Gray Wolves Are Returned to Yellowstone National Park
- Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Is Signed
- The Great Swamp Wildlife Refuge Is Dedicated
- The Group of Ten Meets for the First Time
- Halibut Treaty
- Hamilton Publishes Industrial Poisons in the United States
- Hanford Nuclear Reservation Becomes a Health Concern
- Hardin Argues for Population Control
- Hawk’s Nest Tunnel Construction Leads to Disaster
- The Hazardous Materials Transportation Act Is Passed
- The Hazardous Substances Labeling Act Is Signed
- Hells Canyon Is Preserved as a National Recreation Area
- Henry David Thoreau
