Subcategories - Ecology, Environment, Conservation

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