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The Council on Environmental Quality is established in the United States. January. The Santa Barbara oil spill occurred near Santa Barbara in Southern California in the United States. June. One of the many fires on the Cuyahoga River in Ohio spurs a number of environmental protection measures in the United States. October
The nation's major environmental laws were enacted between 1969 and 1980: National Environmental Policy Act (1969) Clean Air Act (1970) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (1972) Clean Water Act (1972) Endangered Species Act (1973) Safe Drinking Water Act (1974) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976) Toxic Substances ...
1969 Wal-Mart logo. October 1 – The 5.6 M w Santa Rosa earthquake shook the North Bay area of California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). This first event in a doublet earthquake was followed two hours later by a 5.7 M w shock. Total financial losses from the events was $8.35 million.
This is a list of international environmental agreements. Most of the following agreements are legally binding for countries that have formally ratified them. Some, such as the Kyoto Protocol , differentiate between types of countries and each nation's respective responsibilities under the agreement.
The environmental awakening spurred by Carson's work was further fueled by events like the 1969 televised oil spill off the California coast. [53] It prompted many to join mainstream environmental organizations led by visionaries such as David Brower of the Sierra Club. The momentum was bolstered by the inaugural Earth Day in 1970. President ...
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) created Categorical Exclusions to reduce paperwork (40 CFR § 1500.4(p)) and reduce delay (40 CFR § 1500.5(k)) so agencies can better concentrate on actions that do have significant effects on the human environment.
350.org named the Keystone XL pipeline as a critical issue and turning point for the environmental movement, as well as for then-President Barack Obama's legacy. NASA climatologist James Hansen labeled the Keystone XL pipeline as "game over" for the planet and called the amount of carbon stored in Canadian bitumen sands a "fuse to the largest carbon bomb on the planet".
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1965. They relate to environmental law , conservation , environmentalism and environmental issues . Events