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  2. Environmental movement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Environmental Justice movement seeks to link "social" and "ecological" environmental concerns, while at the same time keeping environmentalists conscious of the dynamics in their own movement, i.e. racism, sexism, homophobia, classicism, and other malaises of the dominant culture.

  3. Timeline of history of environmentalism - Wikipedia

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    This timeline of the history of environmentalism is a listing of events that have shaped humanity's perspective on the environment. This timeline includes human induced disasters, environmentalists that have had a positive influence, and environmental legislation. For a list of geological and climatological events that have shaped human history ...

  4. Environmental movement - Wikipedia

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    Beginning as a conservation movement, the environmental movement in Australia was the first in the world to become a political movement. Australia is home to United Tasmania Group, the world's first green party. [89] [90] The environmental movement is represented by a wide range of groups sometimes called non-governmental organizations (NGOs ...

  5. Timeline of major U.S. environmental and occupational health ...

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    1993 – North American Free Trade Agreement (Implementation Act) 1994 – Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice; 1996 – Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act (P.L. 104-19) 1996 – Food Quality Protection Act (amended FIFRA) 1996 – Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996

  6. Timeline of environmental history - Wikipedia

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    This timeline is for use with the article on environmental determinism. For the history of humanity's influence on the environment, and humanity's perspective on this influence, see timeline of history of environmentalism. See List of periods and events in climate history for a timeline list focused on climate.

  7. A History of Greenwashing: How Dirty Towels Impacted the ...

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    At some point in the mid-1980s, a pony-tailed upstate New York environmental activist named Jay Westerveld picked up a card in a South Pacific hotel room and read the following: "Save Our Planet ...

  8. Environmental history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Environmental justice or eco-justice, is a social movement to address environmental injustice, which occurs when poor or marginalized communities are harmed by hazardous waste, resource extraction, and other land uses from which they do not benefit. [187] [188] The movement began in the United States in the 1980s.

  9. Outline of environmental history - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of genetically modified organisms; Timeline of history of environmentalism; Timeline of major U.S. environmental and occupational health regulation; Timeline of Minamata disease; Timeline of the New Zealand environment; Timeline of nuclear weapons development; Timeline of relief efforts after the 2010 Chile earthquake; Timeline of ...