A Greener Life

JUNE 24, 2022

Instead, environmentalists were mainly concerned about the ozone layer, nuclear meltdown and chemical industrial pollution, the erosion of biodiversity and population explosion. In 1970 the world’s first Earth Day was held in the US, but we had to wait until 1990 before the movement went global. billion tonnes of CO2.

Fossil Fuels 98

Fossil Fuels Climate Change Paris Agreement Atmosphere 98

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

The plan cuts power plant and industrial ozone pollution that wafts from central parts of the nation into eastern states. According to the American Lung Association, nearly 120 million people in the nation—one of every three—lives with unhealthy levels of particle and ozone pollution. A 40-year-old Supreme Court ruling (Chevron v.

Ozone 188

Ozone Earth Day Endangered Species Act Climate Change 188

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Clean Water Act 268

Clean Water Act Carbon Dioxide Clean Air Act Climate Change 268