List of years in the environment
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This is a list of years in the environment. The subjects relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
- Some of the more notable events are listed here with a full list on the respective pages.
List of years
1890s
- 1893 - Beaver Brook Reservation is established.
1920s to 1930s
- 1927 - several species become extinct; the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 is caused by a denuded landscape and causes extensive damage.
- 1928 - Huguette Clark donates money to Santa Barbara, California to create the Andree Clark Bird Refuge, in honor of her late sister.[1]
- 1929 - Migratory Bird Conservation Act is enacted.
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
- 1970 - The first Earth Day, on April 22, millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day organized by Gaylord Nelson, former senator of Wisconsin, and Denis Hayes, Harvard graduate student.
- 1971
- 1972 - The Limits to Growth was published. The book is about the computer modelling of unchecked economic and population growth with finite resource supplies, and became both controversial and influential.
- 1973 - the Endangered Species Act of 1973 is enacted, mandating Habitat Conservation Plans.
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976 - Ongoing oil spills began in Nigeria leading to various environmental issues in the Niger Delta.
- 1977
- 1978 - The Amoco Cadiz oil spill occurred on the coast of Brittany resulting in the largest oil spill of its kind in history to that date.
- 1979 - The Three Mile Island accident, a partial nuclear meltdown that released radioactive material, occurred in the United States.
1980s
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985 - the International Tropical Timber Agreement enters into force.
- 1986 - the Chernobyl disaster, a catastrophic nuclear accident, occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine
- 1987
- 1988 - the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer enters into force.
- 1989 - the Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
1990s
2000s
2010s
- - 2010 is declared to be the International Year of Biodiversity by the United Nations General Assembly.
- - The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico flows unabated for three months.