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In 1970-1971 he unexpectedly emerged as a great environmentalist who deserves credit for several of the most important environmental laws in American history. By 1972, however, he suddenly moved far to the right, despising environmentalists as left-wing fanatics who would bankrupt the economy.
1970 – Reorganization Plan No. 3 created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by Presidential Executive Order 1970 – Clean Air Act (Extension) . Major rewrite of CAA, setting National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) Hazardous Air Pollutant standards, and auto emissions tailpipe standards.
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.
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.
History of agriculture in the United States; History of the anti-nuclear movement (from before 1945) History of the bicycle (from 1817 with archetype) History of biotechnology; History of climate change science (from the early 19th century) History of coal mining (from ancient times) History of coal mining in the United States; History of cycling
In the United States, conservatives have pushed to weaken environmental regulations for years. ... who teaches US environmental history at Yale University and is the author of “Public Citizens ...
In 1967, Roderick Nash published Wilderness and the American Mind, a work that has become a classic text of early environmental history.In an address to the Organization of American Historians in 1969 (published in 1970) Nash used the expression "environmental history", [4] although 1972 is generally taken as the date when the term was first coined. [5]
Last month’s killing of a nonbinary activist known as “Tortuguita,” marked the first police killing of a demonstrator in the history of the U.S. environmental movement.