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Apr 21, 2020 · April 21, 2020. Earth Day turns 50 today. The original wave of coast-to-coast demonstrations in 1970 not only transformed American priorities, leading to landmark legislation like the Clean Air ...
- Burning River Symbolizes Pre-Earth Day Environmental Calamities
- Landmark Environmental Laws Pass with Massive Bipartisan Support
- Getting The Lead Out
- Environmental Justice vs. Environmental Racism
- Environmentalism Goes Mainstream
In 1969, the Cuyahoga River in Ohio literally caught fire. A virtual sewer for oil and industrial chemicals, the Cuyahoga became a symbol of the ecological cost of unchecked pollution, and a rallying point for those who wanted to stop it.
Today, when environmental issues are the stuff of partisan warfare, it’s hard to remember that ecologically-friendly laws were once acclaimed by most of the political spectrum. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which established the first federal environmental agency and required environmental impact studies for all major federal projec...
Though lead has been recognized as a poison for thousands of years, and no less a personage than Benjamin Franklin decried its “mischievous Effect,” the metal was ubiquitous in paint and gasoline, exposing children to neurological and organ damage. Finally, in 1975, with the mandated use of catalytic converters in cars, unleaded gas began to replac...
In the 1980s and ’90s, government agencies from the General Accounting Office to the EPA confirmed what non-profits and community activists had been saying for years: that race has been the most important factor in the siting of hazardous waste facilities—trumping even poverty. The civil rights and environmental movements converged in a national ef...
Though environmentalists are caricatured as Birkenstock-wearing, granola-eating tree-huggers, being “green” has become a basic cultural stance. Environmental education appears in the earliest grades at school; recycling is mandated in thousands of communities; and corporations strive to be—or at least to seem—earth-friendly. As U-M professor Rachel...
Mar 25, 2020 · In this timeline, we examine the progress—and the setbacks—over the past 50 years. 1970: World population reaches 3.7 billion. 1970: First Earth Day. On April 22, an estimated 20 million ...
Apr 22, 2021 · On April 22, 1970, 20 million people across the globe celebrated the very first Earth Day. The idea was sparked by the power of the anti-war protests of the 1960s, and events that brought the ...
Apr 18, 2022 · By 1970, as the country’s serious environmental problems continued to make headlines, a new environmental consciousness had risen in America, and people started demanding changes to protect our water, air and natural treasures. Fast forward 52 years. This week, people around the world will celebrate Earth Day 2022.
Apr 23, 2020 · Hayes led the former, while Edward Furia, a lawyer who organized Earth Day events in Philadelphia in 1970, headed the latter. On Jan. 3, 1990, President George H.W. Bush made his official Earth ...
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Apr 22, 2020 · On April 22, 1970, Americans pledged environmental action for the planet. Here’s what scientists and we, the global community, have done since
