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Planet Water Foundation, [21] Started in 2009 by Mark Steele, Founder and CEO (Board Chairman & Director) U.S. based non-profit organization are dedicated to providing clean water to some of the poorest communities by installing community-based water filtration systems and implementing Water-Health and Hygiene educational programs. Their ...
This study examines the role of ecological threat in shaping the U.S. environmental movement. … Declines in wildlife populations are associated with the foundings of wildlife and wilderness protection organizations while increases in air pollution are associated with the foundings of organizations focused on ecosystem well-being and public health
Big Blue Ocean Cleanup (est. in 2018) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with offices in York , Vancouver , Kuala Lumpur , and Sydney . It is focused on cleaning beaches and the oceans, protecting wildlife, ocean research and innovative technologies development.
This is a list of topics on which environmental organizations focus. Agriculture. Agricultural pollution; Agroforestry; Animal husbandry; Aquaculture
In addition, some organizations utilize the court system in states and at the federal level to enforce environmental and conservation regulations and laws. Most organizations operate as nonprofits. The revenue of these organizations is used to achieve their goals rather than distributing them as profit or dividends. [1] [2]
Waterkeeper Alliance is a worldwide network of environmental organizations founded in 1999 that work to protect bodies of water around the United States and the world. [1] By December 2019, the group said it had grown to 350 members in 46 countries, with half the membership outside the U.S.; the alliance had added 200 groups in the last five years.
The Ocean Cleanup is a nonprofit environmental engineering organization based in the Netherlands that develops and deploys technology to extract plastic pollution from the oceans and to capture it in rivers before it can reach the ocean. Their initial focus was on the Pacific Ocean and its garbage patch, and extended to rivers in countries ...
The legislation created programs to help municipalities clean up local waters. Shortly after passage, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created. From that point on, Environmental Protection Agency and National Association of Clean Water Agencies worked together to clean up water pollution in the Nation’s cities.