By Series - Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series

  1. Du Pont Introduces Freon
  2. The Dust Bowl Chokes the Central United States
  3. Dutch Elm Disease Arrives in the United States
  4. D’Eaubonne Coins the Term “Ecofeminism”
  5. Earth Day 1970
  6. The Earth Resources Technology Satellite Is Launched
  7. Earth Summit Convenes in Rio de Janeiro
  8. Earthquake Levels San Francisco
  9. Earthquakes Devastate Mexico City
  10. Earthwatch Is Founded
  11. The Echo Park Dam Proposal Is Defeated
  12. Ecodefense Advocates “Monkeywrenching”
  13. The Ecology Party Is Founded in Great Britain
  14. Egypt’s Aswan High Dam Is Dedicated
  15. England’s Windscale Reactor Releases Radiation
  16. Environmentalists Defeat the Cross-Florida Barge Canal
  17. Environmentalists Defeated in Sierra Club v. Morton
  18. The EPA Is Empowered to Regulate Toxic Chemicals
  19. The EPA Publicizes the Dangers of Secondhand Smoke
  20. European Nations Open Superphénix
  21. Euthenics Calls for Pollution Control
  22. An Explosion Occurs in the Chalk River Nuclear Reactor
  23. The Exxon Valdez Spill Devastates Alaskan Wildlife
  24. The Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act Is Approved
  25. The Federal Facility Compliance Act Is Passed
  26. Federal Power Commission Disallows Kings River Dams
  27. Fires Burn Much of Yellowstone National Park
  28. Fires Devastate Communities in Southern California
  29. The First British Nuclear Plant Is Opened
  30. The First Clean Air Act Is Passed
  31. The First Controlled Fission Reaction Occurs
  32. The First Genetically Engineered Food Reaches Supermarkets
  33. The First Modern Herbicide Is Introduced
  34. The First Tidal Power Station Begins Operation
  35. The First U.S. Commercial Nuclear Plant Opens
  36. The First Water Pollution Control Act Is Passed
  37. The First “Deep Ecology” Platform Is Drafted
  38. The Fish and Wildlife Service Is Formed
  39. Five States Agree to Halt Lake Erie Pollution
  40. Florida Passes the Surface Water Improvement and Management Act
  41. Fluoride Is Introduced into the U.S. Water Supply
  42. The Food and Drug Administration Is Established
  43. Food Security Act Contains Conservation Provisions
  44. Foreman Founds Earth First!
  45. Fossey Murdered over Efforts to Protect Mountain Gorillas
  46. French Agents Sink the Rainbow Warrior
  47. Fungicide-Tainted Grain Poisons Thousands of Iraqis
  48. The Garbage Barge Mobro Cruises U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coasts
  49. The Garbage Industry Introduces Reforms
  50. General Motors Sponsors a Solar-Powered Car Race