Subcategories - Ecology, Environment, Conservation
- The United Nations Holds a Population Conference
- United States and Canada Issue Joint Report on Acid Rain
- The United States Announces Production of Neutron Bombs
- The United States Bans DDT
- The United States Bans PCBs
- The United States Funds Solar Energy Research
- The United States Government Bans DDT Use to Protect the Environment
- The United States Joins the International Biological Program
- The United States Sprays Agent Orange in Vietnam
- The Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act Is Passed
- Vernadsky Publishes The Biosphere
- Ward and Dubos Publish Only One Earth
- Watson Founds the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
- Watt Expands Energy Leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf
- West German Green Party Obtains Parliamentary Seats
- White House Conservation Conference
- White Publishes “The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis”
- The Whole Earth Catalog and Mother Earth News Appear
- The Wilderness Act Is Passed
- Winona LaDuke
- Wolman Begins Investigating Water and Sewage Systems
- Work Begins on the Grand Coulee Dam
- The World Conservation Union Is Founded
- World Leaders Confer on the Environment and Development
- World Nations Approve Kyoto Plan for Reducing Harmful Emissions
- The World Wildlife Fund Is Established
- Worldwatch Institute Is Founded
- Yankee Rowe Nuclear Plant Is Shut Down
- Yucca Mountain Is Designated a Radioactive Waste Repository
- The Zero Population Growth Movement Spurs Environmental Consciousness
- “An Anti-Environmentalist Manifesto” Signals a Backlash
- “Black Wednesday” Demonstrates Dangers of Smog
- “Cradle-to-Grave” Legislation Covers Hazardous Wastes
